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14 Nov 2010, 9:21 pm
A recent case has determined that an employee who suffered verbal assaults such as being called the “n word” by his boss can proceed with his claim for a hostile work environment. [read post]
14 Nov 2010, 7:03 pm by Celeste Blackburn
Lamas went to the EEOC, which determined that he had been subjected to a sexually hostile work environment. [read post]
14 Nov 2010, 3:38 am by Peter M. LaSorsa
This harassment also creates a hostile work environment and can lead to a person quitting. [read post]
13 Nov 2010, 9:50 am by Peter M. LaSorsa
After being stripped of her position as a K-9 officer, Capocci quit the department because of the hostile work environment. [read post]
12 Nov 2010, 7:07 am by Elie Mystal
Petree’s legal arguments are beyond ridiculous:The school district violated the state Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act by inflicting “intentional racial discrimination, disparate treatment and/or outcome, racial harassment, (and) hostile environment,” the lawsuit says. [read post]
12 Nov 2010, 5:45 am by Jon Hyman
– from HBR.org NLRB: Facebook Discussions Between Co-Workers are Protected Speech – from Work in Progress NLRB Issues Complaint Over Employee’s Posting on Facebook – from Wyatt Employment Law Report Case To Watch: NLRB Challenges Employer’s Termination of Employee Based on Violation of Social Media Policy – from Digital Workplace Blog Here’s the rest of what I read this week: Discrimination Update:… [read post]
12 Nov 2010, 5:35 am by Peter M. LaSorsa
Published reports indicate that Cobra subjected female office employees to a hostile work environment and to sexual harassment. [read post]
11 Nov 2010, 5:55 am
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reported that a major construction company has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit for $125,000 According to the EEOC's claims, female employees were subjected "to a sexually hostile work environment which included telling stories of sexual exploits, derogatory remarks about females, inappropriate sexual comments and engaging in unwelcome touching of a sexual nature. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 4:17 am by John Phillips
A federal district court dismissed the case, finding that most men in the male employee’s situation would welcome such conduct from a female, apparently believing, without saying, that The Man Gene rules the male universe with an iron fist.The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed, finding the male employee had been subjected to verbal conduct of a sexual nature, the conduct was unwelcome, and was pervasive enough to create a hostile working environment. [read post]
8 Nov 2010, 3:26 am by Robin E. Shea
There are hostile work environments, and then there are "hostile work environments" -- the type that create employer liability for workplace harassment. [read post]
7 Nov 2010, 9:00 pm by Adjunct LawProfs
A female supervisor harassed by a male employee in her department, was able to pursue her Title VII hostile work environment claims because she raised triable issues as to whether the alleged harassment was based on her gender, whether it... [read post]
6 Nov 2010, 1:55 pm
In August of 2010, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky decided a case regarding a former Lexington, Kentucky employee who sued his former employer alleging race discrimination, hostile work environment and retaliation. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 2:48 pm by The Legal Blog
Additionally it recognises the promise or threat to a woman's employment prospects or creation of hostile work environment as 'sexual harassment' at workplace and expressly seeks to prohibit such acts.2) The Bill provides protection not only to women who are employed but also to any woman who enters the workplace as a client, customer, apprentice, and daily wageworker or in ad-hoc capacity. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 8:27 am
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines sexual harassment as: "Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work… [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 8:27 am by Paul Pfeifer
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines sexual harassment as: "Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 6:42 am by jessie
We've got openly hostile work environments, blatant wage discrimination, and no mentoring structures. [read post]