“Con Edison to pay $3.8M to settle sexual harassment lawsuit filed by female workers”, 9 Sep 2015

Con Edison has quietly settled a huge sexual harassment lawsuit by agreeing to set aside $3.8 million for up to 300 women employees.  The settlement was reached with state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of female field workers who say they’ve been subjected to harassment, passed over for promotion or paid less than less qualified male workers…The agreement was signed privately Aug. 4 and letters to more than 300 eligible women workers notifying them of the payouts will go out in the coming days.  All 300 are entitled to a $5,000 payment from a pool of $1.65 million, and Con Edison has set aside more for employees for payments ranging from $30,000 to $150,000 for repeat cases of harassment, denied promotion or retaliation based on gender bias…“With this agreement, Con Edison is reaffirming its commitment to maintaining a workforce that promotes diversity and equal opportunity. We will further enhance training of our employees and management to help ensure that those principles are upheld,”...[the company stated]