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Harassment
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Texas Employment Law Update
What Rights Does the Accused Have in Response to a False Harassment Complaint?
I have already written about the Herman Cain story and won't opine further on it here except to say, I have no idea who is telling the truth in the he-said-she-said…
Employment Discrimination Report
Want an Easy and Cost-Effective Defense to Employment Discrimination Claims? Provide Harassment Training for Your Employees
Harassment training? If you read the title of this blog out loud and heard groans from other people in your office, I understand. In fact, when I have done harassment…
Labor Law Prof Blog
On Bullying & Harassment
Kerri Stone (FIU) posts over at Prawfs on bullying and harassment. Here's an excerpt:This week, the American Association of University Women released information from a study that said that almost…
Boundary Dispute Law Blog
Non-Neighborly Halloween Pranks
By Bob Zierman
The American Bar Association Journal this last week - along with indicating a case in which the judge declared that a house was "haunted as a matter of law" [though not fact]…
Reilly Workplace Investigations Blog
Credibility Determinations: EEOC Guidelines on Harassment Investigations
By Debra Reilly
In sexual harassment investigations, it is often the case that harassment occurs behind closed doors, with no witnesses, and it becomes a "he said-she said" scenario. Instead of reaching a…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
NYT’s Editorial on Servicewomen’s Struggle to Obtain Treatment Following Sexual Assault
New York Times editorial: Justice for Women Veterans:Women in the military who are sexually assaulted or harassed face obstacles not seen in the civilian workplace. They can’t decide to take…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Referring Mystic for Counseling Leads to ADA “Regarded As” Claim
When an employee complains of harassment, the employer response is to investigate and take appropriate remedial action. In Kagawa v. First Hawaiian Bank/Bancwest Corp., the employer responded accordingly and is…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Sexuality Education Teachers Face Hostility
The Nation: Teaching Sexuality Education, by Anna Lekas Miller: In 1982, Martha Roper received her first death threat. Martha—perhaps better known as Ms. Roper—is not a drug trafficker or a…
Workforce Bulletin
Eyewitness Evidence Critique May Help In Harassment Defense
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
By: James P. Flynn The New Jersey Supreme Court issued a lengthy, sweeping decision on August 24th on the standards for evaluating eyewitness testimony in criminal cases that is garnering…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Harassment Affirmed Where Former Girlfriend Feared She Would Lose Her Job
Harassment under New Jersey's Prevention of Domestic Violence Act can take on many forms, one of which, under a given set of facts and circumstances, can involve an individual placing…