Fox News agreed to pay a $ 1 million penalty under the completion reached last week with the New York City Commission on human rights.
This case came from the cascade of alleged sexual violations that shook the network a few years ago and led to the exit of Roger Ailes, Co-Founder, and Bill O’Reilly anchor.
“This is the largest civil settlement that has been collected.
By the city commission on human rights,” Chairman and Agency Commissioner, Carmelyn P.
Malalis, said Tuesday.
“We need to send a message to block the actions of harassment or retaliation in the future.” Completion, completed June 25, will prevent fox news for the next four years including in a new employment contract, a clause that requires a secret arbitration in cases in need where an employee filed a complaint under the law of city human rights.
It also mandates that the network carries out various anti-harassment training and preventive measures.
The Human Rights Commission is a body that enforces city anti-discrimination laws at work, housing, public services and other balls.
Malal said the Commission began investigating Fox news in September 2017, around the time some employees talked about sexual harassment on the network; Officially opened complaints in December 2018.
In Tuesday’s statement, Fox News said “happy to achieve a peaceful resolution of this heritage material.” “Fox news media has full compliance throughout the board, but cooperates with the New York City Commission on human rights to continue to impose extensive prevention measures to all forms of discrimination and harassment,” the network said.
In recent years, Fox News has hired a new human resource team and strengthens sensitivity training requirements, among others, intended to reform the culture of its workplace.
Last week’s network agreement to pay a $ 1 million penalty was first reported by a daily wild animal.