WWE found to lack sexual harassment policy amid allegations – Washington Examiner
A recent report highlights that World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) does not have a sexual harassment policy published on its corporate website, coming to light shortly after Vince McMahon and his wife, Linda McMahon, were sued for allowing widespread sexual assault within the organization. A search for WWE’s “Code of Business Conduct” leads to a non-existent page, raising concerns about the company’s accountability in protecting its employees. The issue is exacerbated by the resurgence of lawsuits and investigations related to a past scandal involving sexual misconduct, sparked by the release of the Netflix special “Mr. McMahon.” Additionally, former WWE employee Janel Grant has sued the company, alleging severe abuses, thus highlighting an ongoing pattern of negligence regarding employee protection against sexual harassment and a toxic workplace culture. The WWE has not commented on the lack of a sexual harassment policy.
WWE found to lack a sexual harassment policy amid sexual assault allegations
Days after the WWE, Vince McMahon and his wife, Linda McMahon, were sued for allegedly allowing rampant sexual assault within the WWE empire, it was discovered that the company completely lacks a sexual harassment policy on its corporate website.
A search of WWE’s “Code of Business Conduct” brings viewers to a page that reads “not found,” Forbes reported.
The WWE did not provide any comment to the newspaper regarding the apparent lack of a policy.
The revelation comes at a turbulent time for the WWE as past lawsuits and investigations have resurfaced due to the release of the Netflix special, Mr. McMahon. The Ring Boys lawsuit from Oct. 23 was a continuation of the 1992 Ring Boys scandal that the FBI investigated but never moved forward with.
Former WWE employee Janel Grant also sued McMahon and the company on Jan. 25, 2024, alleging physical and emotional abuse as well as sexual assault and trafficking in the spring of 2019. Her legal spokeswoman, Kendra Barkoff Lamy, had fiery comments about the WWE’s apparent lack of a protective policy.
“WWE has been sued many times for failing to protect employees from sexual misconduct by executives and toxic workplace culture, including by Janel Grant, who endured years of sexual abuse at the hands of founder and former WWE CEO Vince McMahon, WWE executive John Laurinaitis, and the WWE organization,” Lamy said.
“It is outrageous that WWE claims to have improved their workplace environment, yet they have no visible sexual harassment or workplace conduct policies listed on their website,” she added. “This means WWE employees have no reference for appropriate behavior and no visible guidelines to report abuse. This is yet another example of WWE’s carelessness and failure to protect their employees, and we can only hope no one is harmed by this dangerous oversight. WWE employees deserve better.”
In June 2023, the company added a consensual relationship policy stating, “An employee shall not exercise responsibility (instructional, evaluative, or supervisory) for any affiliated individual with whom the employee has or had a consensual relationship.”
The policy added: “WWE strongly discourages consensual relationships involving any WWE Board Member, or executive team member, such as the CEO, President, CFO, Chief Content Officer, Chief Legal Officer, or Chief Human Resources Officer.”
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