#THOMAS MONSON SPENT MONEY ON ANTI LGBT SERIES#

Julie Fahey, D-Eugene, interim human resources director Jessica Knieling and a spokesman for Courtney declined to comment, citing legal advice from attorneys with the state Justice Department. The suit names Senate President Peter Courtney, former House Speaker Tina Kotek, Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle, four legislators who serve as chairs of the committee that oversees harassment complaints and the LegislatureвЂ™s top attorney and human resources director. The Legislature has not replaced him, and attorneys from Stoel Rives and Jackson Lewis now handle complaints. Monson asked for unspecified economic damages, but he isnвЂ™t requesting reinstatement. When Monson resigned in June, a bipartisan panel of lawmakers in charge of harassment complaints said he lied on his rГ©sumГ© and would have been fired had he not resigned. The legislatureвЂ™s human resources director responded by investigating his background вЂњwith the goal of finding discrepancies as pretext to justify his termination of employment,вЂќ the suit claims. His lawsuit describes spending much of his short tenure warning legislative leaders and other supervisors that the Legislature wasnвЂ™t complying with laws or legislative policies governing harassment complaints. He contacted reporters last summer, warned state officials in December of a potential lawsuit and filed a complaint with the state Bureau of Labor and Industries in January.

#THOMAS MONSON SPENT MONEY ON ANTI LGBT SERIES#

The lawsuit is the latest in a series of attempts by Monson to highlight what he has described as his forced resignation and the issues that led to it. In a lawsuit filed Monday in Marion County Circuit Court, Monson said he was forced to resign for alerting legislators and legislative staff to violations of federal, state and local discrimination laws and mismanagement of employee complaints. He was hired by legislators as the acting legislative equity officer, a position created in 2019 in the wake of multiple sexual harassment scandals involving legislators. Nate Monson worked for the Legislature for just 64 days, from April 12 to June 15, 2021. A former legislative employee who for months has attempted to get state leaders to act on what he describes as serious lapses in how the Legislature handles harassment complaints took his next step this week, suing half a dozen current or former lawmakers and several state employees.

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