Lawyer: San Diego mayor (Filner) never got harassment training, city may be liable

[Tx4obama]

Lawyer: San Diego mayor never got harassment training, city may be liable

(CNN) -- A lawyer for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner criticized the city for not providing sexual harassment training to the mayor, saying its failure to do so violated the law.

In a letter to the city attorney, Harvey Berger wrote that Filner might never have been sued for sexual harassment had he been properly trained.

"If there is any liability at all, the city will almost certainly be liable for 'failing to prevent harassment,' " Berger wrote in a letter dated Monday and obtained Wednesday by CNN from City Attorney Jan Goldsmith.

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Full article here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/31/us/california-filner-scandal/index.html

This is nuts !!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I realize that sexual harassment training is mandated for most employers,

but, jeez, how much "training" does anybody need to know that what this guy was doing was way over the line?

[notadmblnd]

2. So being mayor was his very first gig ever?

I find it highly unlikely that he got to his station in life and was never exposed to diversity or harassment classes.

[Tx4obama]

5. ... he was previously U.S. Representative

Robert Earl "Bob" Filner (born September 4, 1942) is an American politician from San Diego, California. He is the 35th and current Mayor of San Diego. Filner was previously the U.S. Representative for California's 51st congressional district, and previously the 50th, serving from 1993 to 2012, and was chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 2007-2011. ...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Filner

Also Wikipedia shows: Occupation - college professor

[babylonsister]

3. It IS nuts! So he has/had to be trained on how

not to cross the line? Is he 'that' stupid? Oye.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

4. Lol.

[cthulu2016]

6. I do not consider elected officials to be that category of worker

The City government does not HIRE elected officials and thus is less liable for their conduct.

[Swede Atlanta]

7. I just attended a mandatory ADA and Sexual Harassment training course

at my private employer last week. I have subsequently learned this is because there is a consent decree with the EEOC about an incident involving a physically challenged employee.

I agree with other comments that the city did not hire the mayor. He was elected by the people so I don't know how much liability can be imposed on the city since he wasn't hired by the city and the city has little control over his actions. But that is a matter for lawyers that practice in this area to discuss and comment.

But this is just nuts. He doesn't know that he can be guilty of crimes or at a minimum be subject to civil suit for unwanted sexual advances? Come on. Of course he knows this. He just thinks because he is an elected official he should be able to get away with it. It is disgusting.

He needs to resign and have a serious talk with himself about what he wants to do with the rest of his life and what kind of legacy he wants to leave.

[kestrel91316]

8. However..............Filner is CRIMINALLY liable. He doesn't

get to pass that off on anybody else.