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Discrimination / Harassment

Wife’s jealousy no excuse to freeze out women

11/08/2017

Is spousal jealousy grounds for firing members of a particular sex? According to a recent federal court case, the answer is no if that jealousy is directed to a group of employees rather than one specific worker.

Manage schedule change after harassment

11/08/2017

One response to reported sexual harassment is to separate the alleged victim from the alleged harasser. However, if the separation includes a schedule change, the victim may claim that amounted to punishing her for reporting harassment in the first place.

Senator seeks anti-harassment training for Capitol Hill staffers

11/08/2017

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wants to make training to prevent sexual harassment mandatory in all Senate offices.

9th Circuit docket: Coddling criminal harasser may backfire

11/01/2017
A jury will get to determine if an employer’s perceived preferential treatment of an alleged rapist created a hostile work environment for the female employee who reported the rape.

San Jose Chipotle sued for female-on-male sex harassment

11/01/2017
If the facts alleged in a recently filed EEOC lawsuit turn out to be true, food wasn’t the only spicy item on offer at a Chipotle restaurant in San Jose.

L.A. nightclub accused of pregnancy discrimination

11/01/2017
L.A. Lousianne, a Los Angeles jazz club, is headed to court after the EEOC filed a lawsuit alleging violations of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.

Public policy claim gives new life to bias suit

11/01/2017
Under California state law, an em­­ployee can allege a public policy wrongful discharge claim against her employer for some form of discrimination even if she can’t pursue a direct discrimination claim.

‘Manspreading’: Obnoxious, but not necessarily harassment

11/01/2017
While some behavior may make others uncomfortable, that doesn’t automatically mean the offended worker has a sexual or other harassment case.

Receiving a poor performance review: Not necessarily harassment

11/01/2017
Here’s some good news for HR professionals and supervisors trying to manage the workforce: You don’t have to worry that ordinary functions like putting together performance reviews and making hiring and firing decisions will somehow be misconstrued as harassment.

40% of LGBT employees report workplace bullying

10/31/2017
Forty percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers report feeling bullied at work, 11 percentage points higher than the national average for workers in general.