Administrative process

• Author: Aaron B. Maduff
• Pages: 107-120

ADMINISTRATIVE

PROCESS

4-1 LITIGATING SEXUAL HARASSMENT & SEX DISCRIMINATION CASES §4.1

CHAPTER 4: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS

§4.1 TASK: FILE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE OF DISCRIMINATION

§4.1.1 WHAT AND WHY

An administrative charge is a sworn statement by the charging party that sets forth the facts of the allegedly

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   Welsh v. City of Shawnee

   



See

Simms v. Oklahoma ex rel. Dep’t of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Servs

Seymore v. Shawver & Sons, Inc.

  

See Simms



 id. 

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charged party notice of the alleged violation. See SeymoreAlbano v. Schering-Plough

Corp.



  cf. EEOC v. Shell Oil Co.



unlike other federal agencies that possess plenary authority to demand to see records relevant to matters

    

   

   



party of the claims against it. See Seymorecf. Schnellbaecher v. Baskin Clothing Co.





  



     

    Rush v. McDonald’s

Corp.





to exhaust administrative remedies. See also Park v. Howard University

Caution: Letters to Amend Charges to Add Claims Are Inadequate

  Littlejohn v.

City of New York, et al., 



 

   Id

   

remedies because it did not say anything about sexual harassment and did not even mention the manager