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An employee at the California Department of Motor Vehicles is suing the state agency after she says her supervisor her.
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The reported pattern of sexual harassment started last August at the DMV’s Sacramento headquarters, according to the lawsuit filed Monday in Sacramento Superior Court, which alleges the supervisor asked sexual questions and invited his subordinate to a hotel in exchange for a promotion. The supervisor is also accused of asking the female employee for sexual favors.
If the employee reported the harassment, the lawsuit states, the supervisor told her “he had family members in prison for murder and that he would ‘handle it well.’ ” He is also being sued. As of Thursday morning, the supervisor does not face criminal charges.
The employee reported the incidents to her unit manager prompting an investigation. The Civil Rights Department notified the employee in April of her right to sue the DMV.
After the incidents, the employee underwent “significant emotional and physical stress” that resulted in her going on medical leave in mid-May, according to the lawsuit. She was also transferred to a different team.
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The employee’s lawyer, Jesse Ortiz, said the woman still works for the DMV but is trying to find a new job with the state. He said his client is struggling to find a role because hiring managers require a supervisor’s reference or notice her pattern of absenteeism, which Ortiz said resulted from the alleged harassment.
“Working for the state is a really good job and has really good benefits,” Ortiz said. “She saw this as a career for her, and she still sees it as a career … getting into the state system is hard enough, and she doesn’t want to let that go.”
Because of these effects, in addition to health implications, the woman seeks monetary relief for an amount to be determined.
A State Personnel Board audit of the DMV last year showed the . Forty-nine of 177 new supervisors who were part of the audit didn’t receive training within six months of being hired.
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A spokesperson for the DMV declined to comment.