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Harassment
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Employment Discrimination Report
Another Look At The Inmate-Harassed Female Prison Guard: Prison as Dysfunctional Workplace
On February 4, 2012, we wrote about a case filed by a female prison guard in Iowa against prison officials claiming that sexually explicit and violent movies which inmates were…
Employment & Labor
EEOC Kicks Off 2013 Settling Sex Harassment And Retaliation Lawsuits
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Christopher DeGroff As we blogged about here previously, in the EEOC’s first draft of its Strategic Enforcement Plan, the Commission telegraphed that it was…
Employment Discrimination Report
Internal Audits and Sexual Harassment Training A Must – Ask The University of Iowa
At the University of Iowa, an investigation showed that the athletics academic adviser violated the school’s harassment policy over a period of years. In December, the President of the Regents,…
California Employment Law
Court Lets Firefighter Who Stood Up For Gay Daughter Proceed With Harassment Claim
A California court of appeal ruled last week that a firefighter could proceed with a claim that his supervisor harassed him because he stood up for his lesbian daughter. The unpublished…
Employment Law Business Guide
Employer Liability Hinges on Definition of “Supervisor” Under Title VII
Employer liability for harassment in the workplace is before the U.S. Supreme Court. On November 26, 2012, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Vance v. Ball State University. At…
California Employment Law Update
$125,000 Verdict And $550,000 Fee Award Affirmed For Negligent Supervision And Violation Of Civil Code § 51.7 (Freedom From Violence)
Ventura v. ABM Indus., Inc., 2012 WL 6636255 (Cal. Ct. App. 2012) Sylvia Ventura worked as a janitor for ABM. Ventura alleged a history of harassment and an act of…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Vance v. Ball State – Who Is A Supervisor?
Last Monday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Vance v. Ball State University in order to resolve a circuit split over how much authority an alleged harasser…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
The Automatic Stay Stops Creditor Calls
By Bryan Fears
One of the most important provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the automatic stay protects debtors by preventing creditors from taking actions intended to ensure repayment. Whether you owe your creditors…
California Employment Law
California Employers Saddled With Broad Definition of "Supervisor"
As the US Supreme Court debates who is and who isn’t a supervisor for purposes of Title VII liability, California employers can be forgiven for yawning. It's unquestionably an important…
Legal Profession Blog
Annoying Calls Draw Sanction
From the November 2012 online edition of the California Bar Journal:[An attorney] was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on two years of probation with a four-month actual suspension and…