Sexual Harassment Lawsuits Against LA Prompt Calls For Prevention Training
In the wake of two lawsuits filed against the city, two Los Angeles officials are pushing for all city employees to take sexual harassment training…
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L.A. pays $1.5 million in racial harassment case
The Los Angeles City Council signed off this week on a $1.5-million payment to a black police officer who said he repeatedly experienced racial harassment…
California Governor Signs Bill To Help Protect Female Farmworkers from Sex Abuse
A new Senate Bill was passed this week that focuses specifically on sexual harassment prevention in the farm worker community. Senator Bill Monning sponsored Senate…
Jealousy leads to Sexual Harassment at Workplace
Workplace conflicts arise for numerous reasons, which can be hard to predict. In many cases, disruptions on the job are due to one-sided campaigns of…
Quid Pro Quo Harassment: Eliminate Sexual Harassment Claims Through Training
Quid pro quo translates to “something for something.” Quid pro quo harassment occurs when an authority figure offers to give the employee something such as a raise…
EEOC Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit On Behalf Of Fitness Club Employee
A Fitness company has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The…
California Junior College Faces Sexual Harassment Claims
A California junior college has faced three sexual harassment cases by employees. Although in two of the cases a jury found mostly in favor of…
Read Some Of The 12,696 Workplace Harassment Cases Reported to the EEOC
Not that I think it’s weird that a brokerage firm chief executive would pin a female clerk on the floor by putting his shoe on…
Sexual Harassment Is Not A Woman’s “Issue” Anymore According to EEOC
When many people think of sexual harassment in the workplace they immediately assume it is a woman being harassed by a man. Recently it has…
$5.8 Million Sexual Harassment lawsuit goes to the EEOC
A large building-maintenance company will pay $5.8 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the government involving 21 Hispanic female workers who had…