Topic
Harassment
682 published works
Pennsylvania Family Law
THE DANGEROUS TRENDS IN ELECTRONICS
Events of this past week have revealed a dangerous trend. For those with children who are school age psychologists are reporting an epidemic of conduct they term cyber-bullying. The concept that…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
Legal System to Blame for Humorless Work Environment?
Hard economic times, perpetual threat of layoffs, workers stretched too thin could all be contributing to the “increasingly humorous American workplace” according to MSNBC author Eve Tahmincioglu in her post…
Media Law Prof Blog
Publicist Sues Talk Show Host
Publicist Nicole Spence has filed a harassment suit against radio host Wendy Williams, her husband Kevin Hunter, and her employer Inner City Broadcast, alleging that Mr. Hunter "dominated [Ms. Williams's]…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Allegations That Will Give You Heartburn
BNA's Daily Labor Report (subscription required) reported on a settlement between the EEOC and a franchise owner of Krystal restaurants that readers in this part of the country know and…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Tavern on the Green Settles Harassment Suit
The NYT is reporting that Central Park's Tavern on the Green restaurant has agreed to settle a race/sex/national origin discrimination lawsuit filed last fall by the EEOC. The EEOC's press…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Second Circuit Reinforces Notion that Summary Judgment Difficult to Achieve for Employers in Harassment Claims
Summary Orders (in other words, decisions with no precedential value) by the Second Circuit typically are not worth noting. However, a decision released today is telling for the court's view…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Abortion foe ordered to stop Web postings
Philly.com reports:A federal judge yesterday ordered an antiabortion activist to cease posting material on the Internet deemed threatening to doctors who provide abortion services. John Dunkle, 72, of Reading, had…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship
Comments & NotesEisha Jain, Realizing the Potential of the Joint Harassment/Retaliation Claim, 117 Yale L.J. 120 (2007).Beth E. Schleifer, Progressive Accommodation: Moving Towards Legislatively Approved Intermittent Parental Leave, 37 Seton…
Labor Law Prof Blog
A Different Type of Harassment for the EEOC
We certainly live in a topsy-turvy world:The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported toauthorities Friday an e-mail circulating to employers that alleges to be aharassment complaint from the federal agency and…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
California’s Office of Administrative Law Approves Final Harassment Training Regulations.
On July 18, 2007, California's Office of Administrative Law approved, with minor modification, the Fair Employment and Housing Commission's sexual harassment training and education regulations. The newly approved regulations will…