California employers having at least fifty employees must provide all supervisory employees located in California with at least two hours of classroom or "interactive" training regarding sexual harassment prevention and correction. This fifty employee requirement...
The United States Supreme Court struck down laws against same sex marriage today. This ruling is a giant step in the evolution of our society away from sexual orientation discrimination. The Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA") reads as follows: "In determining the...
In sexual harassment cases, as with many other types of employment cases, such as racial discrimination, disability discrimination, etc., the harasser or bad guy usually is a repeat offender. If your boss is sexually harassing you, chances are good that he has done...
Sexual harassment in the workplace can come from two sources of employees: (1) co-workers; and (2) supervisors. Whether or not an employer is liable for the harassment is viewed differently depending on the type of harasser. (1) Co-Worker Harassment If the employee is...
Employer liability for harassment, including sexual harassment, of employees depends on whether the harassment is committed by a supervisor or a co-worker. The United States Supreme Court ruled today that employers are liable for harassment under Title VII where a...
An administrative judge for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") awarded $231,425 to a former civilian technician for the District of Columbia Air National Guard. The EEOC found that she had endured months of sexual harassment from a senior coworker...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released its 2012 Enforcement and Litigation Statistics which provides that while the number of sexual harassment claims filed has decreased from 7,809 in 2011 to 7,571 in 2012, the percentage of charges...
Amid sexual harassment allegations, Colin McGinn, a prominent philosopher at the University of Miami, is leaving amid allegations that he sent improper sexually oriented messages to a graduate student, all according to reports. It is reported that part way through the...
The head of a Michigan Arab-American civil rights group who faces a multitude of sexual-harassment charges is now being investigated by the U.S. Attorneys Office. "We view the allegations ... as being very serious," said Barbara McQuade, the U.S. attorney for the...
A woman brought a sexual harassment case after she was fired as an Orange Township firefighter and was awarded more than $1.7 million in damages. Raechel Sterud, 32, sued the Delaware County township and her supervising lieutenant, Keith Myers, in 2010, alleging she...