Revelations from the FDIC report on sexual harassment, toxic workplace [Lauren Irwin | 05/07/24 | The Hill] ( thehill.com )

An investigation by a law firm confirmed that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. failed to provide a workplace safe from sexual harassment, discrimination, fear of retaliation, and called for a “necessary” cultural and structural change at the federal banking regulator.

Women reported instances of stalking, unwanted sexual text messages from colleagues, and inappropriate sexual comments from supervisors, including being someone’s surrogate and comments about their breasts and legs.

“While we do not find Chairman Gruenberg’s conduct to be a root cause of sexual harassment and discrimination in the agency or the long-standing workplace culture issues identified in our review, we do recognize that, as a number of FDIC employees put it in talking about Chairman Gruenberg, culture ‘starts at the top,’” they wrote.