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Harassment
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California Workplace Law Blog
California Compliance Deadline for Harassment Prevention Training Still Set for January 1, 2021
By Susan E. Groff, Joelle A. Mervin
In 2018, California law extended anti-harassment training requirements to employers with 5 employees or more and mandated that non-supervisors also receive such training, in addition to supervisors. The original deadline…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Flake on Sports-Spectator Harassment
Dallan Flake (ONU) has just posted on SSRN his article Protecting Professional Athletes from Spectator Harassment. I had the pleasure of reading an earlier draft and highly recommend it. Here's…
Simple Justice
Death Of The MeTooSTEM Lie
As a joke, I twitted for a few days the date, that everyone was still full of shit, and have a nice day. It was funny because it was true,…
Simple Justice
The Home Line
It can be a matter of law, whether there’s trespass, vandalism or worse, but that tends to deflect from the more fundamental question: Is going after politicians and public employees…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
New Federal Anti-Workplace Violence and Harassment Requirements
By Jeff Tinker
[caption id="attachment_9500" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels[/caption] When it comes to workplace violence and prevention, the federal government has been playing catch up with the provinces. Starting…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Do I have to hire a super expensive external investigator? Maybe. Maybe not.
[caption id="attachment_9493" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by mentatdgt from Pexels[/caption] So you’ve received a harassment complaint from one employee about another employee. What do you do? Do you have to investigate? …
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Minnesota Supreme Court Affirms ‘Severe or Pervasive’ Standard of Harassing Conduct Claims
By By: Molly E. Nephew, Andrew E. Tanick
In a much-anticipated decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court on June 3, 2020, declined to abandon the requirement that harassing conduct be “severe or pervasive” to be actionable under the Minnesota…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
DFEH Introduces Online Harassment Prevention Training
On May 20, 2020, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) published an online harassment prevention training module designed to meet a recent California mandate that nonsupervisory employees…
California Employment Law Report
Surviving the Post-Apocalypse: Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation Litigation Risks in the Employment Context Post-Coronavirus
Even during a worldwide pandemic, an employer’s legal requirements and obligations under anti-discrimination, harassment, and retaliation statutes remain in full effect. Even though this may not be at the top…
Workforce Bulletin
New Mexico Prohibits Non-Disclosure Provisions in Settlement Agreements Involving Harassment and Discrimination Claims
On March 4, 2020, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law House Bill 21 (“Law”), limiting the use of non-disclosure agreements (“NDA”) in settlements of sexual misconduct claims.…