Two executives of a woman-owned air quality compliance consultant that held contracts with the Port of Los Angeles filed suit Jan. 20 against the port and city for breach of contract and retaliation after the firm was terminated for reporting sexual harassment and instances of alleged contracting fraud.
Erin Sheehy and Tara Tisopulos, president and vice president, respectively, of Environmental Compliance Solutions Inc., Santa Monica, Calif., say in a complaint filed in state superior court that despite award of “several successive three-year contracts” to the firm to manage environmental impact studies and regulatory compliance, they dealt with “a 1950’s era old boys club environment” and were subjected to misogynistic and sexually explicit comments.