HR is clearly bad at their job, and honestly, if it hasn’t been too long, you should gather sworn statements from people who were there and take it to a lawyer.
I’m not going to tell you that the case is a good one to pursue; obligatory: I’m not a lawyer, but to my understanding sexual harassment has a very long statute of limitations… bonus if you can get any paperwork from that HR meeting to corroborate what they said to you, or any evidence you were told to, or did, attend any seminars about it…
IMO: talk to someone about it, maybe you’ll get a payday. If the lawyer doesn’t think the case will stand up, then you will only waste a few hours talking to coworkers and the lawyer… if they do think it will stand up in court, then you could be looking at many thousands of (insert currency here). I mean, for a few hours of work to find out… why not? They sound terrible and I can’t imagine suing anyone nicer.
Yeah… umm… that lady sexually assaulted you.
HR is clearly bad at their job, and honestly, if it hasn’t been too long, you should gather sworn statements from people who were there and take it to a lawyer.
I’m not going to tell you that the case is a good one to pursue; obligatory: I’m not a lawyer, but to my understanding sexual harassment has a very long statute of limitations… bonus if you can get any paperwork from that HR meeting to corroborate what they said to you, or any evidence you were told to, or did, attend any seminars about it…
IMO: talk to someone about it, maybe you’ll get a payday. If the lawyer doesn’t think the case will stand up, then you will only waste a few hours talking to coworkers and the lawyer… if they do think it will stand up in court, then you could be looking at many thousands of (insert currency here). I mean, for a few hours of work to find out… why not? They sound terrible and I can’t imagine suing anyone nicer.