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30 Sep 2010, 11:55 am by Steven Siegler
The appellate court disagreed, finding that the employee had previously withdrawn her hostile work environment claim. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 9:09 am by pgbarnes
Harassment goes beyond simple teasing or an offhand comment; it generally must be severe and frequent, creating an hostile or offensive work environment or resulting in an adverse employment decision (such as being fired or demoted). [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 4:25 am by Howard Friedman
The suit also alleges a hostile work environment in which Mahoney-Burroughs' manager asked him if he was a terrorist and had joined al-Qaeda, and in which Auto Zone failed to intervene when customers made terrorist jokes and referred to Mahoney-Burroughs as Bin-Laden. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 1:14 pm by Sheldon Toplitt
  The court was amenable to the former argument, but concluded that the plaintiff's case could proceed because her 38-page complaint adequately plead a hostile work environment existed at the paper. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 8:54 pm by June Carbone
  While today’s workplaces successfully assimilate women who participate on the same terms as men, they remain remarkably resistant to creating more supportive environments that would assist parents – male or female – in balancing the competing demands between work and family. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 7:00 am by wswendson
It supported a finding of a racially hostile work environment. [read post]
24 Sep 2010, 5:45 am by Jon Hyman
– from Pennsylvania Labor and Employment Blog Harassment complaints: Don’t let your corrective action be the tree falling in the woods – from Sindy Warren at the Warren & Hays Employment Law Blog Caution: Improper Harassment Investigations Can Result in a Hostile Work Environment Claim – from Wyatt Employment Law Report Employee Sues, Settles, Gets Rehired – from Workplace Prof Blog Plaintiff… [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 8:33 pm by Chris Butler
In sum, when workplace nepotism is present, employees often show less enthusiasm, have a lesser incentive to diligently or proficiently perform their jobs, become embittered and less productive, decide to work elsewhere, or, most importantly, become so disgruntled that they end up filing a lawsuit under an alleged discrimination or hostile work environment theory. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 8:21 am by admin
  Lamas’s performance suffered as a result of the hostile work environment created by Munoz and the failure of his supervisors to take prompt and effective remedial action. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 8:14 am
Kaytor's claims before her case could get to a trial, finding she had not proven the sexual harassment was severe or frequent enough to create a hostile work environment. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 6:41 am by Jon Hyman
Prospect Airport Services (9th Cir. 9/3/10) [pdf], the 9th Circuit held that that a female co-worker’s “relentless” pursuit of a male employee—which included six months of constant sexual pressure and humiliation—could form the basis of a sexually hostile work environment. [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 9:17 am
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that “one action” is sufficient to create a hostile work environment claim if it is sufficiently severe, especially uninvited, physical and intimate, bodily contact. [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 9:12 am
" He actually did talk with Munoz, but she was undeterred.Lamas over time became upset and offended, his work performance suffered, and - yep - Prospect fired him.So, the district court held the work environment was insufficiently hostile. [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 6:55 am by charonqc
Chávez remains at the center of a bitter controversy that has raised questions about faculty governance, the obligations of professors to protect students, and the exact definition of a hostile workplace in an environment of shifting sexual mores. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 12:37 pm
To prevail on a claim of Title VII sexual harassment based on a hostile work environment, a plaintiff must first establish that the workplace was permeated with discriminatory intimidation that was sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of his or her work environment. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 12:36 pm
Louis sheriff James Murphy has been accused of ignoring racial problems within the department since he was elected in 1988.Two of his deputies sued him for employment discrimination, alleging they worked in a racially charged, hostile work environment because Murphy refused to discipline 3 other employees who hung a noose from some pipes in the St. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 8:19 pm
It is the failure of the company to take corrective action when it is made aware of the inappropriate sexual comments or hostile work environment that gets the company in trouble. [read post]