Word: lawsuits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...former Harvard employee has filed a lawsuit against the University and one of its current employees alleging breach of employment contract and infliction of emotional distress...
According to the lawsuit which was filed in Worcester Superior Court the University failed to award Rapalee status as a regular employee on the University payroll even after she worked at the Harvard Forest for more than two years...
...lawsuit alleges that the failure to place Rapalee on the Harvard payroll as a regular rather than a casual employee deprived her of fringe benefits, including health insurance...
...lawsuit further alleges that Rapalee approached her supervisor, Foster, on four different occasions to inquire about her employment status and the benefits to which she said she was entitled but Foster declined to answer her questions or rectify the situation...
According to the lawsuit, had she been giventhe status of regular employee, Rapalee would havebeen able to join the Harvard Union of Clericaland Technical Workers (HUCTW) and ask the unionfor assistance in negotiating with Foster for anincreased salary...