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The Employer Handbook BlogNo, my guy, your employer did not unlawfully stereotype your masculinity by firing you for sexual harassment.
I’m going to tell you about what may be the least self-aware employee. At least in recent memory. Continue reading
Articles Posted in Sexual Harassment
What are there legal risks of making a worker participate in an Employee Assistance Program?
Suppose that several employees complain that a coworker is creating a “hostile work environment” because they were afraid that she (the coworker) was going to report them (the employees) for engaging in unspecified misconduct in the workplace.
Can the employer respond by mandating an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) referral as a condition of the coworker’s continued employment?
EEOC sues “Bark If You’re Dirty” pet store for sexual harassment and sex discrimination. Because of course.
I enjoy blogging about employment law. But occasionally, perhaps after a long day, I wish some of these blog posts would write themselves.
Last night, I got my wish. Continue reading
The employee who claimed she was drugged, raped, and blackmailed by a supervisor LOST her discrimination lawsuit. HOW?!?
From recent memory, I can’t recall a case with more egregious allegations of sexual harassment. Continue reading
Can labor unions be sued for sexual harassment? (Spoiler alert: Yes, and they are costly!)
When most people think of federal anti-discrimination laws like Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, they associate them with employees suing employers for things like discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environments.
But Title VII covers more than just employers.
If the boss is creating a hostile work environment, no amount of fix-it may save you in the lawsuit
Not this Boss. I’m talking about someone so high up in the company food chain that they serve as the organization’s proxy. Continue reading
Is it sexual harassment to IMPLY that certain job benefits will require sexual favors?
Have you ever heard of quid pro quo sexual harassment? Continue reading
If the same person sexually harasses a man and a woman, does that cancel each other out?
MicroZesTo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
If you’re asking that question to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the answer is no. Continue reading
He asked her to babysit and shot her in the butt with a rubber band. So she sued for hostile work environment.
I’ve seen weaker lawsuits. But let me explain why the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed that asking a female colleague to babysit, once hitting her posterior with a rubber band, and even failing to use her proper title is not enough to create a hostile work environment based on gender. Continue reading
Law restricting arbitration of sexual harassment claims doesn’t apply retroactively, says court that can read the law
Your tax dollars at work, folks. Well, technically, just those of us in New Jersey. Continue reading