New York State has released updated sexual harassment prevention materials for employers, which now include information related to gender identity, bystander intervention, remote work, and new methods of reporting harassment. Following the release of a proposed “Sexual Harassment Prevention Model Policy”...
Number of sexual harassment complaints received by the Ontario Human Rights Commission during the 2000-2001 period; Significance of the federal Canadian Human Rights Act; Content of sexual harassment policies; Percentage of employers that provided general employee training about sexual harassment.Wagar...
The federal courts did not recognize sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination until the 1970s, because the problem originally was perceived as isolated incidents of flirtation in the workplace. Employers are now aware that they can be sued by the victims of workplace sexual harassment....
According to New America, the think tank that focuses on a range of public policy issues, sexual harassment in the workplace remainspervasive, troubling, and largely unresolvedin virtually every sector of the economy. It says that the consequences of harassment can besevere and long-lasting. Trai...
We have represented employers in more than eight hundred sexual harassment, race discrimination, and retaliation cases, including financial and educational institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and other large organizations. While many of these representations are confidential, there are a few exceptions, ...
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There is still no legal obligation on employers to actually implement an anti-sexual harassment policy in their workplaces. It is hoped that such implementation may be made possible by upcoming amendments to such laws. References: Section 2 of theEmployment Act 1955 ...
California Senate Bill 1300. California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) makes it illegal for an employer or colleague to harass and employee. FEHA also makes employers liable for sexual harassment by non-employees, including applicants, interns, volunteers, and contract employees.Senate Bil...
"Harassmenton the basis of sex is a violation of Title VII when such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with a person ’s work performance or creating an intimidating‚ hostile‚ or offensive work environment. The EEOC ’s guidelines further assert that employers ha...
“One of those steps is ensuring that they give their employer an opportunity to resolve their sexual harassment claim.” Why is it important to give your employer an opportunity to address the claim? “The reason is that there’s a defense that employers can use called the Faragher-Ellerth ...