Bates College in Maine has settled a discrimination lawsuit with a former employee who claimed she was expected to engage in activities such as watching "chick flicks" with her boss.
The Sun Journal reports 59-year-old Sarah Hulbert worked as an executive assistant for the college's president, A. Clayton Spencer, for about a month in 2012 before she was terminated.
Hulbert's suit claimed she was "intentionally" treated differently from her male co-workers by being forced to jog and take tennis lessons with Spencer.
After Hulbert resisted and was later fired, the lawsuit says a Bates human resources officer told her if Spencer had "discarded" her, then "no one else will wish to take you."
A Bates spokesman says the school "strongly disagrees" with Hulbert's accusations.
The terms of the settlement weren't disclosed.
Settlement Reached in ‘Chick Flicks' Discrimination Suit
Sarah Hulbert worked as an executive assistant for the college's president, A. Clayton Spencer, for about a month in 2012 before she was terminated
Copyright AP - Associated Press