VICTORIA L. HAMER, Complainant,

VS.

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC., Respondent.

RECOMMENDED DECISION AND ORDER

1. United Parcel Service, Inc. violated Iowa Code section 601A.6 (1983) in terminating VICTORIA L. HAMER because of her sex.

2. IT IS ORDERED that UPS shall cease and desist from discriminatory or unfair practice against female employees.

3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that VICTORIA L. HAMER shall be reinstated to employment with UPS-OTTUMWA with retroactive seniority to include the right to bid into a route which she could have bid into had she not been terminated.

4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Hamer is awarded back pay beginning March 20, 1984 and continuing until she is reinstated. The actual amount of back pay shall be as stipulated by the parties or as determined by the Commission if no stipulation is submitted. Interest shall accrue at 10% per annum from August 27, 1984 until paid in full.

5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Hamer shall be reimbursed for actual costs she paid between March 22, 1984 and date of reinstatement provided such costs would have been paid in her behalf through the UPS insurance plan had she not been terminated.

6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Hamer shall be awarded $5,000.00 in damages for emotional distress.

7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Hamer shall be awarded attorney fees in an amount to be determined after the final decision is filed.

Signed this 7th day of July, 1988.

IONE G. SHADDUCK,

Hearing Officer