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Harassment
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Labor & Employment Law Blog
California Makes Anti-Bullying Training A Component Of Mandatory Harassment Training
California employers with more than 50 employees must include “abusive conduct” prevention training in their mandatory harassment prevention training. Assembly Bill No. 2053 expanded the scope of training required by…
California Employment Law
6 Questions to Answer Before Your Company Receives a Harassment Complaint
When you read about sexual harassment claims, the focus is on what the alleged harasser is accused of doing. The sordid details are what attract readers. The Marchuk v. Faruqi…
California Personal Injury Law Case Notes
Harassment
Harassment is unfair conduct targeting an employee or a group of employees based upon a protected class. Harassment can be verbal, physical, or visual (such as posters, cartoons, or drawings). See,…
The Right Coast
Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say — NYMag
At a growing number of campuses, professors now attach trigger warnings to texts that may upset students, and there is a campaign to eradicate microaggressions, or small social slights that…
Texas Employment Lawyer
regular pattern of frequent verbal ridicule or insults sustained over time can constitute severe or pervasive harassment sufficient to violate Title VII.
By Eric P. Dama
“In the interrogatories, Plaintiff states that Wood called him a “wetback”on five different occasions: (1) April 21, 2008; (2) May 29, 2008; (3) June 21, 2008; (4) July 10, 2008;…
Socially Aware Blog
Status Updates
By Morrison & Foerster’s Social Media Practice Group
A Craigslist conviction. The highest court in Massachusetts upheld the conviction under the Bay State’s anti-harassment statute of a couple who posted fake Craigslist advertisements that caused a great deal…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Countless instances of being called racial epithets by both supervisors and coworkers is sufficient evidence that the harassing conduct affected a term, condition, or privilege of employment and that Defendant’s conduct was sufficiently severe and pervasive to constituted a hostile work environment.
“In addition to [Plaintiff’s] supervisor's name-calling and harassment, [Plaintiff’s] coworkers testified that they too frequently called him 'güero.' This racial harassment occurred for over a year, despite [Plaintiff's] complaint to…
Employment Discrimination Report
Stunt Performers In The UK: Majority Report Harassment Or Bullying By Co-Performers
The Stage News in the UK reports on the fairly shocking results of a survey commissioned by the Joint Industry Stunt Committee about harassment and bullying in the stunt performer industry. …
La Revue
La médiation et le harcèlement moral
Selon l’article L1152-6 du code du travail : « Une procédure de médiation peut être mise en œuvre par toute personne de l’entreprise s’estimant victime de harcèlement moral ou par la personne…
Employment Discrimination Report
Do you want employees to stop filing harassment claims? Try positive reinforcement.
This weekend, as I was revising a position statement an associate had drafted for me and I wrote that an argument was a good argument, I was reminded of a…