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Harassment
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Reilly Workplace Investigations Blog
Internal Investigator Training in San Diego for Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Claims
By Debra Reilly
I am once again offering training to human resources professionals, attorneys, and private investigators on how to conduct legally defensible harassment, discrimination, and retaliation investigations in the workplace. Although the…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
California Supreme Court to Hear Harassment Claim Against Franchisor Brought By Employee of Franchisee
In an update to a recent article posted in July, the California Supreme Court agreed on October 10 to hear Patterson v. Domino’s Pizza, LLC, a sexual harassment case in…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Abortion Provider Harassment Greater in States with More Onerous Abortion Laws
Salon: Study: Antiabortion laws inspire abuse, by Irin Carmon:“They will know your habits and routines. They know where you shop, who your friends are, what you drive, where you live,”…
Employment Discrimination Report
The Noose – And Now Death Threats
Racial slurs and nooses – these have been the subjects of more than one of our recent blogs. Now the EEOC reports an upping of the ante – a late-night…
Labor Relations Update
NLRB: Employer’s Harassment Investigation Lawful, But Not Resulting Discipline
As the end of its fiscal year approaches (September 30), the NLRB pushes more decisions out than it has in the last several weeks. Not a whole lot are of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Nepotism, Cronyism, Harassment at USCIS
From the Daily:The Daily has learned that employees at a major branch of the nation’s immigration-visa-granting agency overwhelmingly feel that promotions there are based on nepotism, cronyism and — in…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
First Amendment Appeal?: Shirvell’s 4.5 million dollar verdict
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
A little less than two years ago, then-assistant state attorney Andrew Shirvell made news for his blog "Chris Armstrong Watch," entirely devoted to Chris Armstrong, the student body president of…
Reilly Workplace Investigations Blog
Laws Requiring Harassment and Discrimination Investigations
By Debra Reilly
Harassment and discrimination investigations in California should be conducted by the employer whenever the alleged victim contends that the wrongful conduct was motivated (at least in part) by the alleged…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
After Court Decision, All Types of Harassment Allegations Must Be Taken Seriously
[caption id="attachment_3782" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Photo courtesy of Library of Congress"][/caption] A few weeks ago, I highlighted a new Connecticut Supreme Court (Patino v. Birken Manufacturing) that applied "hostile work environment" claims typically…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Summer Reading: Is the “Mommy Porn” in “Fifty Shades of Grey” Workplace Safe?
Is someone bringing "Mommy Porn" (The New York Times words, not mine) into the workplace? [caption id="attachment_3760" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Summer Reading?"][/caption] Yes, THAT book, 50 Shades of Grey, has been…