X Corp Consultng in Hermosa Beach

Xochitl Boehm is the founder and President of X Corp. Consulting Services which provides Human Resource and Organizational Development solutions. She has fifteen years of diverse Human Resource and Organizational Development experience. She has worked on International projects both in France and Mexico and is bilingual in both Spanish and English. Xochitl’s experience covers a wide spectrum of industries which include, finance, entertainment, semiconductor and power management, high tech, media, retail, food and beverage and fashion. She began her career at fortune five hundred company Anderson Consulting, LLC, in Human Resources, and ultimately worked her way into the Strategy division where she began her work in Change Management/Organizational Development. She later moved into the entertainment industry where she was the Director of Human Resources at Windswept Music Publishing. While at Windswept, she led and managed a successful team through the implementation and successful completion of a complex and long systems development project to digitize music which was the result of a well known acquisition. She later went onto work as one of the few female executives at Creative Artists Agency assisting in the development of the International Sports Talent Management division. Her consulting projects have given her valuable experience in all areas of Human Resources and Organizational Development. Her clients have included Spelling Entertainment, International Rectifier, Creative Domain, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Otis College of Art and Design, William Rast, and WSA/ENK International. Her consulting philosophy is based on Process Consultation which focuses on facilitation, collaboration, and implementation. Xochitl holds a Masters Degree in Science in Organizational Development and a Bachelors of Arts in English, both from Pepperdine University. She is an active member of the Society of Human Resource Management well as the American Society of Training and Development.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Maine Fire Department Pays $850K to Settle Sexual Harassment

As republished by Xochitl Boehm at X Corp Consulting
By Coby Daniel C. Stockford

The long-running saga of sexual harassment in the City of Westbrook Fire Department has come to an end with large settlement payments to two female firefighters. Under the settlement agreement, firefighter Kathy Rogers is set to receive about $480,000, while her colleague, Lisa Theberge, will receive about $370,000.

Rogers and Theberge filed complaints against the city with the Maine Human Rights Commission in 2008 alleging more than 100 separate incidents of sexual harassment involving 20 fire department employees. Last October, they filed a lawsuit against the city, the mayor, and the city manager in federal district court in Portland. They alleged that the city failed to take prompt and effective action to address their numerous allegations of sexual harassment and that they suffered retaliation for complaining.


These large settlement payments serve as a reminder that employers can face very real financial consequences from allegations of harassment and retaliation in the workplace. An effective and strategic response to harassment issues is essential to limit your organization’s liability. Although Westbrook recently has implemented significant organizational changes in response to this lawsuit, the city and its insurance carrier no doubt regret that more forceful and effective action wasn’t taken earlier to address the alleged harassment.

We’ll have more analysis of this case and the lessons to be learned from it in the October issue of Maine Employment Law Letter.

Daniel Stockford is an editor of Maine Employment Law Letter and a partner with Brann & Isaacson in Lewiston.

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