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A Little Employment Law Holiday Humor

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination & Harassment

Although I’m heading out on vacation soon, employment lawyers sometimes can’t resist a good employment law-related holiday cartoon.  I recently came across this and believe you all will appreciate the humor in this as well.  (Though it does remind me last year’s charges against a patron who was allegely a bit "frisky" with a mall’s Santa… Continue Reading

Santa Claus Sexual Harassment – A Post-Season Followup

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

Since Christmas seems so long ago, it’s not much of a surprise that the case of the alleged harassment of Santa Claus dropped from the headlines. But, the Danbury News-Times provided this update over the long weekend: A 33-year-old woman charged with allegedly groping a Santa Claus at the Danbury Fair mall in December applied for a… Continue Reading

Santa Claus Sexual Harassment – The Followup and Fall Out

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Human Resources (HR) Compliance

Since my posting yesterday on the sexual harassment incident involving Santa Claus and a 33-year-old woman, there has been lots of feedback in blogs and newspapers. Time for a brief update: First, the woman who allegedly groped Santa Claus spoke to the media and has professed her innocence.  According to a Danbury News-Times report: "I… Continue Reading

Sexual Harassment of Santa Claus – What’s An Employer To Do?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

Santa Claus has enough employment issues to worry about without thinking about what will happen at the local mall when posing for pictures. After all, how treacherous can photo taking be? Apparently, very — when the person who wants to take a picture with Santa is interested in….well, I’ll let the Hartford Courant pick up the story: A 33-year-old… Continue Reading