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Harassment
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Workplace Sexual Harassment Law
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Fuels Split Among Circuits on Whether Sexual Orientation is Protected Under Civil Rights Act
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in O’Daniel v. Industrial Service Solutions, released on April 19, 2019, affirmed a lower federal court’s dismissal of a lawsuit that claimed harassment and…
California Employment Law Update
Harassment Claims: Best Practices for Employers in the #MeToo Era
By Tony Oncidi
Tony Oncidi: On the issue of #MeToo and the current and best way for an employer to respond to those issues, I think there are certain things that are essentially table…
California Employment Law Report
Five steps to workplace investigations
This Friday’s Five lists five action items employers should utilize when conducting harassment investigations: 1. Selecting the investigator Employers should take time to train an in-house person who can conduct…
TortsProf Blog
NJ: State Bans Non-Disclosure Provisions in Settlement Agreements for Discrimination, Retaliation, and Harassment
Last month, New Jersey adopted a law banning certain waivers of rights in employment contracts, as well as non-disclosure provisions in employment contracts and settlement agreements. Specifically, the Law declares as…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
EEOC and Industry Leaders Convene to Focus on Harassment Prevention
By J. Marshall Horton, Amber M. Rogers
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the EEOC reconvened its task force on sexual harassment in June 2018. Most recently, in a continued effort to focus on leading harassment…
New Jersey Law Blog
New Law Bans Non-Disclosure of Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Settlements
Confidential settlement agreements reached between employers and employees resolving claims of discrimination, retaliation, and harassment may not be so secret anymore. On March 18, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy…
California Employment Law Update
Proskauer Releases New Survey of Workplace Issues in the #MeToo Era
The current landscape in the #MeToo Era has heightened the need for leaders at every business organization to ensure that sound and strategically aligned practices for preventing, receiving, and responding…
WISE
New Jersey Governor Signs Bill Impacting Non-Disclosure Agreements in Harassment Settlements and Arbitration Provisions
New Jersey Governor Signs Bill Impacting Non-Disclosure Agreements in Harassment Settlements and Arbitration Provisions Over a year after its initial introduction, and after enough time to draw speculation (and perhaps…
Canadian Labour and Employment Law
The Verdict is In: Ontario Court of Appeal Finds No Tort of Harassment (Yet)
As we reported in our earlier post, in Merrifield v The Attorney General, 2017 ONSC 1333, the Ontario Superior Court allowed an employee's claim against his employer and two superiors…
School Law
CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 3/13/2019
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter. Written by attorney Thomas B. Mooney. Dear Legal Mailbag: I am an administrator in a middle school and one of our teachers (she…