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...
A Petco former employee was fired for blowing the whistle on a store manager who sexually harassed female co-workers and abused dogs when grooming them, according to a wrongful termination and harassment lawsuit filed late last month in Superior Court. Maziell Doll of...
Sexual harassment cases can result in multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Here are some of the largest sexual harassment cases in history. Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie - 1994 Jury award: $7.1 million The allegations: A San Francisco jury awarded former...
Workers who file complaints with Cal/OSHA are protected from discrimination California Labor Code section 6310 provides that no person shall discriminate against any employee because the employee has filed a Cal/OSHA complaint. Some examples of discrimination are...
I was talking to a friend the other day about a whistleblower I represented in a Medicare billing fraud case. "What's a whistleblower?" she asked. I explained that this is someone who objects to his employer committing crimes. "Oh, you mean a snitch!" As my friend...