Hal Leonard to Pay $150,000 to Class of Females Who Endured Physical and Verbal Sexual Harassment

Hal Leonard Publishing Company, a music print publishing company founded in Winona, Minn., has agreed to pay $150,000 to a class of female employees to settle a sexual harassment charge brought against the company by a former employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced Wednesday.

An investigation by the EEOC’s Minneapolis Area Office revealed that women were subjected to unwelcome grabbing and squeezing as well as sex-based comments and actions at Hal Leonard’s facility in Winona, a city of 50,000 in southeast Minnesota. The harassment was perpetrated by co-workers and, despite multiple complaints to Hal Leonard management, the misconduct did not stop.

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