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All Items: Sexual Harassment

  • Sexual Harassment Claims Gain More Transparency Under Maryland Law, Uber Policy

    Date:
    May 17, 2018

    Joining the trend of requiring more transparency in sexual harassment claims, Maryland has passed a law forbidding employment contracts that require employees to waive their rights to bring sexual harassment claims.

  • New York Passes New Anti-Sexual Harassment Laws

    Date:
    April 19, 2018

    New York employers must comply with several new anti-sexual harassment laws that were included in the state budget signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on April 12.

  • Mavericks Fire HR Director for Failing to Rein in Hostile Work Environment

    Date:
    February 26, 2018

    The Dallas Mavericks basketball team fired its head of human resources in the wake of a Sports Illustrated report detailing a hostile work environment in its front office. The report cited numerous complaints of a sexually hostile work culture by current and former staff members, both male and female, who pointed to the team's HR department as part of the problem.

  • Sexual Harassment Allegations Fell Powerful 9th Circuit Judge

    Date:
    December 27, 2017

    Sexual harassment claims by several former law clerks and other junior employees have ended the judicial career of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski, who once served as chief judge of the circuit. President Trump will nominate a successor.

  • Sexual, Racial Harassment Settlement Will Cost Ford Motor Co. Up to $10 Million

    Date:
    August 24, 2017

    A US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation uncovered reasonable cause to believe that female and African-American employees at two Ford plants in the Chicago area had been subjected to sexual and racial harassment, and that the company retaliated against employees who complained about it.

  • Hugs May Create Hostile Work Environment, 9th Circuit Rules

    Date:
    March 2, 2017

    The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that unwelcome workplace hugs may give rise to a sexually hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The case is a reminder of the boundaries between appropriate and inappropriate workplace conduct.

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