As someone who is Australian and not American, if anything like this happened and HR failed in the trainwreck like manner that they did in this story, we have a government organisation that oversees and enforces workplace legislation.
It seems insane to me that the only recourse you have after HR is basically "gather evidence and sue" which seems to be common advice in this thread.
It seems insane to me that the only recourse you have after HR is basically "gather evidence and sue" which seems to be common advice in this thread.