The Travis County court reporter who claimed she was sexually harassed by a colleague, retaliated against, and denied a trial in federal court due to a Title VII Civil Rights Act loophole known as personal staff exemption may get her day in court. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is moving forward with April Balcombe's case under the 1991 Government Employees Rights Act. A tentative hearing has been set for the week of Dec. 10; though it will be held in Aus­tin, an out-of-state judge has been hired to preside. Balcombe was Judge.....MORE

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