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A sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes.  lawsuit brought by a former employee of American Apparel American Apparel, LLC is a clothing manufacturer and retailer based in an 800,000 square foot factory in downtown Los Angeles, California. The company is most well known for making basic cotton knitwear such as t-shirts and underwear, but in recent years the product line has  Inc. has been dismissed. Manager Julie Carrozzi had alleged she was fired after complaining about American Apparers policies, which included decorating store walls with vintage Penthouse penthouse

Enclosed area on top of a building. A penthouse can be an apartment on the roof or top floor of a building or a structure on the roof housing the top of an elevator shaft, air-conditioning equipment, or stairs leading to the roof.
 magazine covers and taking full-body photographs of prospective employees. The suit was one of three claiming sexual harassment against American Apparel, whose chief executive, Dov Charney Dov Charney (born January 31, 1969 in Montreal) is the CEO of the garment company American Apparel (AA), a vertically integrated clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer that makes all of its garments in a downtown Los Angeles factory, now the single largest clothing , has come under fire for his unorthodox approach to sex in the workplace.
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Title Annotation:THE LABJ: Online Journal
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Nov 14, 2005
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