The Peninsula Humane Society's ousted executive director may have a history of intimidation and employee harassment - including telling sexually explicit and homophobic jokes, according to an anonymous source at his former work place, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Prior to the announcement of his resignation Monday, PHS Executive Director Peter LaVault was the subject of a thick complaint file from current and former PHS employees and also prompted two gender discrimination suits with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this year. The former employees who filed the suits claim LaVault regularly intimidated female employees and yelled at them.
The source who previously worked with LaVault, then a regional director for the chamber's eastern region in Rockville Maryland, also said that LaVault yelled and swore at employees on a regular basis.
"I'm sure his personnel file is several inches thick," the source said. "When it comes to someone like Pete, basically this guy should never be in a management position again. Basically he kind of
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