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The Employer Handbook BlogFacebooking about “naked Twister” may doom one’s sexual harassment claims
And some of you wonder why I enjoy blogging about HR and employment law.
More after the jump…
(What I won’t do for my loyal readers….)
Articles Posted in Sexual Harassment
Retaliatory voodoo, Courtney Love, and lots of unpaid $$$
Sounds like a bad batch of Pennyroyal Tea. Just another Tuesday here at the ole Handbook.
<div style=”text-align: right;”>The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting here that Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain’s widow, is reuniting the band ** thank you for sparing our ear holes ** being sued by a former assistant seeking, among other things, unpaid overtime. The plaintiff also claims that Love asked her to perform voodoo rituals ** not yet, next paragraph ** unethical duties such as hiring a hacker and forging legal correspondence. The San Francisco Employment Lawyer Blog has more on this case here.
From Hole to holes in a doll pin-cushion, with a hat-tip to @ChaimBook, the Madison St. Clair Record reports here that a Wisconsin woman is suing her former employer for sexual harassment and retaliation. The plaintiff claims that she was forced to look at nude female magazines, calendars and sexually explicit language used by her co-workers and direct supervisor. Fairly standard sexual-harassment fare. What makes this case blogworthy is that, after she complained, the plaintiff allegedly suffered retaliation in the form of two voodoo dolls in her desk, one of which had a black pin stuck into her chest.
Boss fires HR Manager to whom he sent w-2 (by w-2, I mean lots of porn)
A long-time county employee in Florida, who served as HR Manager, is set to file a federal discrimination complaint against her former employer, claiming that she was sexually harassed at work and later fired after complaining. The employer claims that it fired the employee for making false sexual discrimination claims to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
And then there’s the porn and dirty texts…which the employee’s boss admits sending…to the employee…like 40 times…
Interest piqued? I thought so. Click through…
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More office romances; more anti-harassment training
A recent survey by Workplace Options, shows that most Generation-Y employees believe that an office romance will have a positive influence on performance and overall workplace morale.
Sounds like a Cialis commercial.
Who says I need to wait for Valentine’s Day for this post? Losers, that’s who. Lock the broom closets and click through for more on this survey and ways to address the office romance…
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What’s cookin’ in celeb chef Paula Deen’s kitchen? Discrimination?
Allegedly, of course.
But, you see judge, it was only “exotic dancer” harassment…
I’ve come up with some pretty creative defenses to unlawful harassment. Usually, however, before I file a pleading, I take out my trusty red pen iPad and delete those arguments that are just so outrageous that I feel my client will lose credibility with the court.
But that’s just me.
After the jump, I have a recent federal-court decision in which a Maryland grocery claimed that the [alleged] relentless sexual harassment of a female employee by the store’s male manager wasn’t “sexual harassment” — that would be illegal. Rather, it was “exotic dancer” harassment.
That’s pretty creative, alright.
Oh boy…
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Supervisor’s advice to sexually-harassed employee: “Pray…”
Worst. advice. ever.
More on this doozy involving two Denny’s waitresses after the jump…
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Adultery + “distressing” text messages = no sexual harassment
Hey there, Casanova. Dontchaknow that the victim always keeps the text messages? Always! But does the victim win the sexual-harassment case about which I am blogging after the jump? Hint: no.
Oh, come on! Don’t let that deter you! Click through anyway to pad my hit count and because you know I have the rest of the text messages and all of the dirty deets from a recent Bible Belt federal-court decision.
See you on the other side…
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Nothing good comes of forcing employees to go to brothels
And, then, there are those that allegedly do. It is on those occasions that this blog can practically write itself.
Take, for example, AutoNation. According to a complaint recently filed in California state court — well, let’s just say that AutoNation better have some good lawyers.
A copy of the complaint and some crazazy unlawful harassment — allegedly, of course — follows after the jump. Along with a few employer tips on same-sex harassment.
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Post-employment acts don’t create a hostile work environment
When Krysten Overly, a financial advisor at a bank, told her male boss that she was resigning, Overly claims that he grabbed Overly’s arm to push her out the door. And as Overly left her boss’s office, he yelled, “Good riddance, bitch!”
What a jerk! But, as a matter of law, did he contribute to a sexually harassing hostile work environment? Find out after the jump…
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