[steveo12345]

Looking for some perspective here. For over two years my wife has endured subtle and not so subtle sexual harassment at her job. She has followed the proper reporting procedures and HR only puts it back to her telling her she must set boundries with the guy. I would think they would be more proactive given everything in the news lately but that has not been the case. This is not a small company.they have about 12 locations and probably close to 2,000 employees.

She works at a retirement community. There are 3 buildings on the campus. Other than the housekeeping staff she is the only employee in her building so she is somewhat isolated and a good target. The 70 year old campus Chaplin is the one harassing her. He has been talked to about it but my wife's name was not used. He was just told to stay away from staff and focus on the residents. Here is a short list of what he has done. There's more but these are the worst incidents.

- Unexpectedly kissed her on the forehead.
- Hugged her for no reason despite being pushed away repeatedly.
- Groped at her chest saying that her necklace was backwards (it wasn't and yes she pushed him away, he tried three times to grab at her).
- Suggestive comments to her about his pink underwear.
- Asked her if she would take him for a ride in the mail cart.
- Visited her while she was in the hospital when he had no reason to be there (there were no residents in the hospital at the time).

Since HR is not doing anything it seems that her choices at this point are:
1. Hire an attorney and sue the company.
2. Do nothing and just continue to ward off the advances of this jerk.
3. Go over everyones heads and report this to the company president.

She really does not want to sue as she likes her job other than putting up with the harassment. She thinks if she sues that she will loose her job and it will be her word against a 70 year old Chaplin. He looks like a sweet old guy, not the pervert that he is. I have offered numerous times to fix the problem but she insists that I stay out of it. It is her fight. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.