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Harassment
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UK Human Rights Blog
Sarah Everard vigil cancelled
Reclaim These Streets v Metropolitan Police Sarah Everard, a 33 year old woman living in London, was walking home from a friend’s house at around 9pm on Wednesday 3rd March 2021…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
UK Tribunal Rules – ‘Stale’ Standalone Training Proves Insufficient Defence to Race Harassment Claim
Under section 109(1) of the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010), an employer is liable for acts of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation carried out by its employees in the course of…
Labor & Employment Report
What Is Fragmentation of Harassment Claims? The EEOC Speaks
By Fiona W. Ong
In my spare time (which has been limited during the pandemic, given the whirlwind of COVID-19-related legal developments), I like to peruse the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's quarterly Digest of…
Global Workplace Insider
“Stale” and “ineffective” training is insufficient to establish the reasonable steps defence
A recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in Allay (UK) Limited v Mr S Gehlen provides useful guidance to employers seeking to rely on the “reasonable steps” defence…
Employment Law Worldview
EAT refuses to swallow stale discrimination training – keeping up the statutory defence (UK)
As a rule, an employer will be liable for the discriminatory acts of its employees towards each other unless it has taken all reasonable steps to prevent them doing that…
Association Alert
Education, Education, Education – Overcoming Harassment, Racism and Hostility in Community Associations
By Billie Jo Fatheree, Sandra Chapman
Let’s face it, 2020 was rough and not everyone was nice about it. Hate crimes have increased dramatically over the last six years. Heightened political tensions have led to family…
California Employment Law Report
Conducting Workplace Investigations in California
Under California law, employers have a duty to investigate misconduct and take remedial action to prevent further discrimination or harassment from occurring in workplace. See Gov. Code section 12940 (j)(1)(k). …
Legal Profession Blog
Romantic Partners
A 25-month suspension has been imposed by the Colorado Presiding Disciplinary Judge based on a conditional admission of misconductIn June 2020, Noffsinger, who had worked as a prosecutor until 2016,…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Coronavirus Update 12-9-2020: Maskual harassment, part 2
"I wish I could see your pretty lips if they match ur eyes.""Come on, sweetie. Lemme see that pretty face under there. Take it off for me, will you? Just…
Workplace Sexual Harassment Law
It Happens! Even Big-Name Companies Sometimes Fail to Take Harassment Seriously
Back in September we described a case of same sex harassment and retaliation at a small mom & pop type business. It may be no surprise that a company with…