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Harassment
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Employment Law Worldview
Doing the Lambeth Talk – Mr Livingstone, I presume
An interesting new defence to discriminatory harassment claims has been trialled this month by none other than former London Mayor, Ken Livingstone. Our Ken was recently appointed to a senior…
California Workplace Law Blog
Reversing $1 Million Judgment against Los Angeles, the California Court of Appeals Ruled Continuing Violation Doctrine did not apply to Firefighter’s Decades-Old Race Discrimination and Harassment Claims
The California Court of Appeal reversed a $1 million judgment against the City of Los Angeles in a racial discrimination, harassment and retaliation case brought by a firefighter under the…
School Law
Anonymous Threats Cannot Be Ignored
By Gary S. Starr, Gabriel Jiran
Employee complaints based on anonymous harassment pose special problems for employers. How do you uncover the source of the problem when no one is able to identify who acted inappropriately? …
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
What is “Actionable” for Harassment Claims To Succeed
As I continue recapping various sessions from the ABA Labor & Employment Law Annual Conference last week in Philadelphia, it's time to turn to what makes claims "actionable" under today's…
Café con Labor
Víctimas de la violencia doméstica y del acecho: Protecciones en el trabajo
View English Version Here Hace unas semanas, mi hijo comenzó a asistir a la escuela en una sinagoga local. Cuando abrí su mochila el viernes, me encontré una nota de…
Legal Profession Blog
Voice Mail Racial And Religious Abuse Alleged As Ethics Violations
The Illinois Administrator has charged an attorney with harassing communications to a client's father and a third party and misconduct in attempting to collect fees over an agreed flat feeIn…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
British Court Clears Lord Cardigan Of Harassment Charges
A British magistrate has cleared the Earl of Cardigan of harassment charges after he was brought to court for the third time in two weeks and the 17th time in…
Workforce Bulletin
Sixth Circuit Says Complaints to Harassing Supervisor Constitute Protected Activity
Employers in the technology industry should take note of last week’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in EEOC v. New Breed Logistics (PDF). The…
Employment Discrimination Report
Facebook is Not Your Friend at Work
I did harassment training for a client earlier this week and we spent a significant amount of time at the training discussing posts on social media. There were, of course,…
The Right Coast
New Jersey family flees new house after getting terrifying letters – CBS News
Since moving in, the owners said they have received numerous letters from the mysterious person. "The Watcher" claimed the home "has been the subject of my family for decades" and…