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A male (age 24) sued the CEO of his company for sexual harassment
and company for an unreasonable dismissal. He demanded the invalidity
of dismissal and compensation of 3 million yen and the district
court ordered the company and the CEO to cancel dismissal and
pay 1.5 million yen in the settlement.
Representatives revealed that to pay unpaid wages and retirement
allowance additionally was included in the record of interrogation.
The defendant requested illegitimation of dismissal but didn't
refer to the fact of sexual harassment.
The Court advised both the defendant and plaintiff an amicable
settlement. On the ground that this case was covered a lot
and would require the adversary testification at the bar,
both side seemed to figured out that the settlement should
be the best.
According to the lawsuit, for several months from August
1999 to April 2000, the male has been touched and dared to
have sex relations by the CEO during his business trip. He
turned it down but the CEO found a note he wrote about his
feelings against the sexual harassment and dismissed the male.
The CEO side showed a fighting stance at first.
[Nikkan Sports]
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