Sexual Harassment and Non-Employees – Employers Beware
Does employers have liability for harassment by non employees in their workplace? May be if they should have known.
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A Boulder, CO Representative Wants to Penalize Employers
That’s why Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, introduced a measure into the Colorado Legislature this session that would implement a new provision in discrimination cases tried in state courts that could leave small businesses liable for compensatory and punitive damages should they lose.
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More Claims For Employers In 2010
Employers should expect more claims in 2010. Those and other findings were part of the sixth annual “Workplace Class Action Litigation Report” by Seyfarth Shaw LLP, analyzing class-action and collective action court rulings of 2009 involving claims against employers in federal and state courts.
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Human Capital Management
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The Secret’s Out, Office Romance
What you need to know about workplace romances. In the past, “the Baby Boomers kept office romance secret” amid fears of career damage or reprisal, says Helaine Olen, co-author with Stephanie Losee of “Office Mate,” a book on the topic. Now, amid growing openness about sexuality and greater equality between the sexes, she says, singles “are saying, ‘Why is anybody even bothering to keep this secret at all?”‘
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What’s The Real Cost Of Accommodation?
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A Better Way To Handle Discrimination and Harassment Complaints?
What’s on the arisen for workplace Discrimination and Harassment? Most states have laws that the Equal Opportunities argue that people pass through the prohibition of discrimination. Equal employment opportunity, the people a chance to succeed. It is a principle that the fundamental principle of justice expresses.
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Human Capital Management
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Charges of Sexual, Religious Discrimination Filed Against Google
One of the nations largest corporation is facing charges of discrimination. In his court filing, Bara, a practicing Wiccan, claims that a manager in Google’s Atlanta office, Pam Sohn, made numerous jokes about the sexual orientation of a female transgendered employee who joined the company in July 2008.
Read the full article linked below.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/saas/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600072
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Sexual Harassment And Pregnancy Discrimination Filed Against California Kitchen
Sexual Harassment and Pregnancy Discrimination Filed against CK. The lawsuit names California Pizza Kitchen Supervisor Andy Lee (Palo Alto restaurant) as the individual who engaged in sexually abusive and harassing behavior. The complaint states that Lee had informed the plaintiff that he had prior sexual harassment complaints filed against him.
Link to the full article below.
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=56121&catid=137
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Human Capital Management
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Employers Should Become Aware of Constructive Discharge In the Workplace
There are a lot of workplace rules that employers must be aware. A constructive discharge occurs when an employee’s working conditions become so intolerable because of harassment that no reasonable person could continue working for the employer. These claims are difficult to prove, especially since most employment relationships in Illinois are at-will.
Read the full article linked below.
http://chicagoemployeeadvocate.blogspot.com/2009/09/constructive-discharge.html
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ANOTHER CHARGE OF SEXUAL AND NATIONAL ORIGIN HARASSMENT BROUGHT BY THE EEOC
The food industry has to be extremely careful about its relationship with their staffs. The EEOC charges in its suit against Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. that a class of female farmworkers was subjected to a sexually hostile work environment by male coworkers at its processing plant in Gardners, Pa. The perpetrators allegedly engaged in unrelenting sexual harassment, including: making sexual advances to female employees; asking them to expose their breasts; asking them on dates; and making vulgar sexual comments. The male coworkers also engaged in threatening behavior, such as using the forklift to chase women or blocking them with their bodies or a broom while they walked down the hall.
Read the full article linked below.
http://www.newyorkparalegalblog.com/2009/09/knouse-foods-sued-by-eeoc-for-sexual.html
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