I previously blogged about the former Indian President at Penguin Books Canada being fired for Sexual Harrasment of a female employee. Well the suite has been setteled out of court, and the female employee will be hired back to her previous post but Mr. David Davidar has been sent packing.
This is one the easist ways women are rewarded by making aligations of sexual harrassment without much proof and have their boss fired or worst imprisoned, plus a nice fat cash settlement. Men of all stripes fall pray to amitious females who take advantage of lax laws and threats of legal action.
July 8, 2010
Following the wide coverage of the publishing drama at Penguin Canada involving Lisa Rundle, a former rights and contracts director, filing a lawsuit against Penguin Canada and ex-publisher David Davidar, Penguin announced yesterday that the lawsuit had been settled “amicably” out of court.
Ms. Rundle had launched a $523,000 suit claiming that she had been wrongfully dismissed by the company and that Mr. Davidar had sexually harassed her during the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Daily News and Analysis reports that Lisa Rundle will return to her earlier position in a “few weeks time”. Penguin Group Chairman, John Makinson told The Globe and Mail in a telephone interview that “The general feeling inside the organization was that would be both a good thing to do commercially and a very decent thing to do ethically.”
India Real Time had earlier written about Delhi’s defence of Mr. Davidar. Now the same DNA piece reports that he will be returning to India.
Following the announcement of the settlement, Publishers Weekly reports that Penguin old-hand, Mike Bryan has been named President of Penguin Canada. It also says that there are plans afoot to hire a chairperson. All of which is meant to get Penguin back on track.
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