SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 13: (L to R) Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corp and chairman of Fox News, and Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, walk together as they arrive on the third day of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 13, 2017 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference. (Photo: Getty)
Fox News has been fined $1 million for “human rights violations,” specifically relating to sexual harassment and job retaliation. The New York City Commission on Human Rights has fined the news organization in an ongoing investigation.
Carmelyn Malalis, chair and commissioner of the NYC Commission on Human Rights, released a statement following the fine announcement. “With this settlement, the Commission not only ordered the largest civil penalty in the Commission’s history but has mandated dramatic and critical policy changes at Fox News Network,” Malalis said.
Fox News also released a statement in response to the fine. “We are pleased to reach an amicable resolution of this legacy matter… FOX News Media has already been in full compliance across the board, but cooperated with the New York City Commission on Human Rights to continue enacting extensive preventive measures against all forms of discrimination and harassment.”
As part of the settlement, Fox News is required to give comprehensive sexual harassment training for all New York-based staff. The news organization will also “forgo mandatory arbitration over city human rights claims with its employees for the next four years and submit to quarterly reviews by the commission for two years.”
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