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Harassment
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Employment Discrimination Report
Sometimes You Have Done All You Can for an Employee: When is It Time to Part Ways?
We talk a lot about providing training to employees, usually in the context of preventing harassment and discrimination. In addition to this training, hopefully your employees are getting good training…
Employment Law Worldview
“It was great” and other things not to say in support of your harassment claim
By Squire Patton Boggs, David Whincup
Mbuyi –v- Newpark Childcare is an everyday tale of Christianity meeting homosexuality and sparks ensuing, not in a good way. Put very simply (there was a little more to it,…
Minnesota Employer
If an Employee Reports Harassment to Her Supervisor, But No One Else, Is The Faragher/Ellerth Defense Still Available?
Potentially – a recent case shows that the Faragher/Ellerth defense may still be viable if the employee reports alleged harassment to her supervisor, but does not report the matter to…
Labor Days
Sixth Circuit Finds that Verbal Demand to Supervisor to Cease Harassing Behavior is Protected Activity Under Title VII
Most practitioners know that Title VII prohibits retaliation against any employee because he or she “opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice [by the statute].” Title VII does not…
Employment Law Worldview
Sixth Circuit clarifies: Demanding a supervisor cease harassment is a protected activity
On April 22, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision that clarifies that, for purposes of Title VII retaliation cases, an employee’s demand that a supervisor stop his…
California Employment Law
6 Things You Should Never Say When Investigating Harassment Claims
Harassment has been in the news a lot lately. How a company responds to an employee complaint is critical. If your company receives a complaint, here are some things you…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A Collegiate Life Gone Bad
Plaintiff was a graduate student at Cornell and had some problems. The Appellate Division wrote: "Petitioner, a graduate student at respondent, exchanged a series of e-mails with senior professor Davydd…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
In Employment Litigation, the Best Defense is a Good Defense
It's a busy week in employment law. Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court case decided Young v. UPS -- a case about pregnancy discrimination. I'll have more on that case in…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Can Creditors Harass You After You File Bankruptcy?
By Bryan Fears
When you file bankruptcy, an automatic stay is put into effect under Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code. The automatic stay prevents all collection activity while the bankruptcy case is…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Trolls on Social Media
By John Kang
The sometimes ironically named "social" media brims with sexual harassment and shocking threats against women. Twitter, for one, seems to be aware of this but doesn't quite know what…