Speaker: Workplace harassment on rise
PHOTO BY STEVE STEINER
Andrea Smith, an attorney with the Lakeland office of Peterson & Meyers who specializes in workplace litigation, was guest speaker at the Bartow Kiwanis Club on Friday, March 14.
PHOTO BY STEVE STEINER
Bartow Kiwanis president Craig Burke (left) is joined by fellow members (from left) Frank Johnson, Chandra Fredericks, Fred Bohde, Debra Sutton and Sarah Case, and a number of stuffed dolls that will be given as prizes at the club's annual Easter egg hunt.
Harassment in the workplace is on the rise, said Andrea Smith, an attorney at the Lakeland office of Peterson and Meyers, who was guest presenter at the most recent Bartow Kiwanis Club luncheon.
“Race and sex discrimination are at the top of complaints,” she said. Also on the rise, Smith added, was the rate of retaliation against those who filed complaints.
