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Latest News Area businesses fined for harassment of employee November 10, 2026 3 min read Trending A.W. Farrell & Son, Inc., along with two related commercial roofing companies operating in New York and Pennsylvania, will pay $270,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced Tuesday. In the lawsuit, the EEOC charged that a journeyman roofer's supervisor subjected him to months of unwelcome physical contact, including grabbing the area around his buttocks and jabbing his buttocks with various objects -- one time with enough force that the object penetrated him through his clothing. The supervisor also subjected the employee to repeated and unwelcome sexual comments.

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