The New York Times article detailing the accounts of survivors of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct sparked a wave of revelations and stories from survivors of sexual harassment and abuse in multiple industries throughout the United States. The deluge of stories...
As the #MeToo movement was changing the conversation around sexual harassment nationwide, both New York State and New York City passed laws aimed at changing the way New York employers handle sexual harassment in the workplace. The changes include mandatory...
In the weeks since allegations began to surface regarding the sexually predatory behavior of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, sexual harassment allegations (sometimes admitted and sometimes disputed) against powerful, prominent men have been a daily feature of the headlines, involving Oscar-winning...
Question: One of our male supervisors wants to fire a female employee who complained that he was sexually harassing her. The harassment allegations appear to have some substance: he asked her for pictures of herself in a bikini; told her...
Question: Our company has a sexual harassment policy. The policy makes clear that an employee who feels as though he or she has been harassed should report the problematic conduct to our Director of Human Resources. The policy also provides...
Quirky Question #152 One of our employees complained of sexual harassment. We investigated, though admittedly not as promptly as we should have. We discovered that the harasser had engaged in some seriously problematic conduct. Our investigation also revealed that the...
Quirky Question # 133: Our company provides private correctional and detention management to government agencies around the globe. One of our employees, a detentions officer, reported to our Ethics Officer that a co-worker called her work phone and asked her...
Quirky Question # 118: One of our male employees (call him Mr. X) recently complained that a supervisor at our company was sexually harassing Mr. X’s girlfriend, also one of our employees. We advised him that we would investigate. Apparently,...
Quirky Question # 112: We are interested in expanding and diversifying our business in Alaska and are looking at acquiring and operating assisted-living facilities. Although this is a logical spin-off from our primary business, we do not have any actual...
Quirky Question # 102: We’ve tried hard to institute and enforce an effective sexual harassment policy. Nevertheless, we still occasionally receive sexual harassment complaints from some of our employees. Recently, an employee sued us for sexual harassment. She claimed that...
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