Sexual Harassment

She was raped by her supervisor, the company suspended her and put the harasser back to work. How mad did this make a federal jury?

January 11, 2019 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Nope. Madder. Continue reading

Litigating against LGBT rights may win one case, but still be bad for business overall.

January 10, 2019 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Among Fortune 500 companies, 91% prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and 83% prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. [Source] But, under federal law, circuit courts remain split as to whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination based on LGBT status.

So, let’s say you’re a Fortune 500 company accused of LGBT discrimination in a jurisdiction in which the law may permit that type of abhorrent behavior.

Do you defend by arguing that the law permits LGBT discrimination? Continue reading

CBS just denied Les Moonves’ $120M severance. Can it do that? I have his employment and severance agreements.

December 18, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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“Hold my drink, Harvey Weinstein. I generated the most #MeToo tweets in a single day; 800,000 of them!” Continue reading

If you could only listen to one HR-compliance podcast episode…

December 17, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Let’s do something a little different today. Continue reading

Lawsuit: Open-mouth kisses, spanking, and nudity. No, this is most definitely not your typical pharmacy.

December 13, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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I’ve been doing this employment law thing for many years now. It’s gotten to the point where little surprises me anymore.

Yeah, about that. Continue reading

340,000 reasons to take harassment complaints about customers seriously

November 28, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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If you know that one of your customers is getting all racist and handsy with employees, you have to do something about that. You know that, right?

It would appear that one California employer didn’t get the memo. Continue reading

Employer sees something wrong with a little bump n’ grind, defeats sexual harassment lawsuit

November 16, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Eat your heart out, R. Kelly. Continue reading

Google ends forced arbitration of sexual harassment claims. Should you? Then what?

November 12, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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The last month for Google has been big for tech and employment law nerds alike. And I just happen to check both boxes.

#MeToo went viral. But, how big has it really been on social media?!? I’ve got the numbers…

October 15, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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On October 15, 2017, actress Alyssa Milano urged socal media user to share their stories of sexual harassment using the hashtag #MeToo.

Maybe you’ve heard of it.

Of course, you have. As have the millions of others who have used the hashtag since.

This post goes inside numbers to detail the proliferation of the #MeToo movement social media.
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#MeToo began in late 2017. But, was there really a new surge of sexual harassment claims since? Let’s find out…

October 5, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released some preliminary sexual harassment data for the fiscal year 2018. Continue reading