What Happened to You at Work Should Not Be the Cost of Having a Job.
Workplace Sexual Assault Lawsuit
If you were sexually assaulted or harassed at work, we want to hear your story. Contact our team to talk things through at no upfront cost.
What Exactly Do You Mean By Workplace Sexual Harassment?
Sexual assault and harassment at work may mean more than you might think:
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Quid Pro Quo: where a boss or supervisor dangles your job, a raise, hours, or a promotion in exchange for sexual favors — or threatens to take them away when you refuse.
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Work Environment: where unwanted comments, jokes, images, touching, or advances are so frequent or so severe that simply doing your job becomes unbearable.
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Sexual Assault: where touching crosses the line. Think groping, coercion, or rape by a supervisor or manager.
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Retaliation: where you said no, or you reported it, and your employer punishes you for it, including cutting your hours, writing you up, demoting you, or pushing you out.
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Quid Pro Quo
It’s an ugly Latin phrase for an uglier reality: “this for that.” A manager makes it clear that your shift, your raise, your promotion, or even keeping your job depends on participating in something sexual.
You may be thinking: “I should have just said ‘no’ and walked out.” But you didn’t. That’s not your fault, and that does NOT mean you can’t pursue a lawsuit. Someone used their power over your livelihood to abuse you, and that’s never okay.
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Hostile Work Environment
Not every case is one dramatic moment. For a lot of women, it’s a slow grind: the comments that never stop, the “joke” that isn’t a joke, the supervisor who stands too close, the texts after hours, the pictures left on your desk. One incident on its own might sound small, but lived day after day, it can make a workplace feel toxic.
Many women assume nothing can be done because “it’s just how things are around here.” It isn’t. Women should never normalize harassment at work – because it is absolutely never normal.
Your employer can be held liable when it knew — or should have known — about the harassment and failed to act.¹ Silence is not a defense. Contact us now to learn how you can take action.
Workplace Sexual Assault
Groping. Coercion. Being cornered in an office, pushed to stay after-hours, something happening in a hotel room on a work trip… workplace assault may look different, but at the end of the day it’s still an abuse of power.
We’re not talking about criminal lawsuits here, where you go after the individual who assaulted you. We’re talking about civil cases, which is a different approach where the company that ignored complaints, skipped background checks, sent you alone on that trip, or otherwise failed to protect you from an abuser is held liable. You can pursue a civil claim whether or not anyone was ever arrested or charged, and most importantly, a civil case can change how a company operates and help protect other women.
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Retaliation
Here’s the part that enrages us most.
You did the hard thing. You said no. Or you walked into HR and told the truth. And instead of protecting you, your employer made you the problem, as in cut your hours, buried you in write-ups, “restructured” you out, or fired you outright.
That’s not just wrong. It’s completely illegal. The law protects you for refusing sexual advances, for reporting harassment, and for being punished because you blew the whistle. These are all violations you can be compensated for.²
So, if a little voice is telling you that speaking up will only make it worse, know that the law was written specifically to have your back when you do. And if it still happens, you can pursue legal options.
How Do I Know If I Have a Workplace Sexual Assault Lawsuit?
You might not be sure whether what happened “counts.” That’s normal — and it’s not something you have to figure out alone.
A few signs it may be worth pursuing a lawsuit:
- A supervisor linked your job, pay, hours, or advancement to anything sexual.
- Unwanted comments, touching, messages, or advances that kept happening.
- You reported the assault to your employer and they brushed it off, covered it up, or retaliated.
Not every uncomfortable moment at work is a lawsuit. But when an employer ignores what it should have stopped, or a person in power abuses it, the law gives you real tools.¹ The only way to know what you have is to ask someone who does this every day.
You’re Not Alone.
How Can A Case for Women Help You?
What happened to you at work was not your fault, nor should it be the cost of having a job. You are just trying to earn a living, and assault shouldn’t come with having a job.
Contact us. We are women who have been there and we want to hear your story. Most importantly, we want to help you take powerful legal action that can not only help you obtain compensation for what happened, but also help other women in the future not have to endure the same harassment.
We’re here to help, 24/7/365, at no charge — ever. We know how heavy “just deal with it” feels. You don’t have to carry it by yourself anymore. We’re here for you.
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Sources
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Employment Discrimination, California Civil Rights Department (CRD).
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Sexual Harassment fact sheet, California Civil Rights Department (CRD).
WE WEAR THIS BADGE PROUDLY. Because, in a time when legal services are still dominated by men, only a Women Owned Business can bring the woman’s perspective to issues that disproportionately affect women.
We are the ones, far more than men, who are injured by sexual assault, financial scams, the gender pay gap, toxic chemicals, and the misguided practices of powerful pharmaceutical companies.
