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Thursday, February 1, 2018

$3.4 million

The University of California has paid out about $3.4 million in sexual harassment claim settlements in the past three years, according to a recent report by the Sacramento Bee.
Agencies and public universities in California have paid more than $25 million altogether over three fiscal years, costing taxpayers in California about $21.3 million, according to the report. The UC system paid the second-highest amount among state agencies...
Claire Doan, a spokesperson for the UC Office of the President, stated that this insurance system, called Fiat Lux Risk and Insurance Company, or Fiat Lux, requires UC campuses to pay an insurance premium in order to be covered. Fiat Lux was formed by the UC Board of Regents to “reduce UC’s cost of traditional insurance, while giving it greater control over the various risks for which it is responsible,” according to the UC “Working Smarter” website.
Doan said Fiat Lux reflects the complexity of the UC system, as it represents not only campuses but medical centers and national laboratories as well. She added that the UC system, a “$31.5 billion enterprise,” is the state’s third-largest employer...
This information comes in relation to a UC Berkeley sexual harassment suit filed by Tyann Sorrell in 2016 against former UC Berkeley School of Law dean Sujit Choudhry. The case ended in a landmark $1.7 million payout...

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