The complaint also included the 10 Does. The plaintiff, Julieta T. Aldan, is asking for a jury trial.
Attorney Colin M. Thompson, the plaintiff’s counsel, said the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued his client a notice of right to sue Saipan Portopia Hotel Corporation which is doing business as Hyatt Regency Saipan on the charge of discrimination.
Hyatt Regency declined to comment.
The plaintiff said she complained of sexual harassment to the hotel’s director of the human resources and to her supervisor on Sept. 13, 2010.
After she complained, she said the hotel management suspended her for three days without pay after conducting it investigation.
On Sept. 20, Hyatt terminated her employment, the complaint said.
The “defendants subjected [the plaintiff] to sexual harassment so severe and pervasive that it altered the terms and conditions of her employment.
The sexual harassment included, but was not limited to, sexual advances, sexually charged and unwelcome physical contact by the plaintiff’s assistant manager,” Thompson said.
The plaintiff is asking the federal court for a permanent injunction enjoining Hyatt Regency from engaging in any employment practices, including sexual harassment, which discriminate on the basis of sex; and discriminating against any individuals because she has opposed any unlawful employment practice or because she has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing.
The plaintiff is also asking the court to order Hyatt Regency to institute and carry out policies, practices, and programs which provide equal employment opportunities that “eradicate the effects of its past and present unlawful employment practices.”
The plaintiff wants to be compensated for lost wages, damages, and medical expenses not covered by her former employer’s employee benefit plan.
She is also seeking punitive damages for its malicious and/or reckless conduct, attorney’s fee and costs, and other relief.
