This current wave of sexual harassment (and, in some cases, sexual assault) allegations that are making headlines every single day is downright astonishing to many employment lawyers that I know.
It is the tsunami that knows no end.
And right now, that makes me nervous. But maybe not for the reason you might think.
It’s
My partner Gary Starr returns with this pre-Thanksgiving tale that seems appropriate not for the holiday, but for the headlines of late.
Happy Thanksgiving and stay out of trouble.
Another day, another celebrity figure accused of harassment.
Or worse.
Many of the accounts reveal the abuse of power and the lack of respect shown to
Employment law lawyers are asked to review a lot of employment decisions.
If we’re lucky, we’re brought in early in the process when the decision isn’t yet final and where our input can be useful.
Other times though, we’re asked to opine on decisions after the fact.
And truth is, it’s really pretty easy to
Recently, I had the opportunity to see Rags, a new revival now running at the classic Goodspeed Opera House.
I don’t often do theater reviews on this site, but I give it a thumbs up.
The musical tells the story of Jewish immigrants coming to the Lower East Side just after the turn of the
Are you looking for something new to end the year with?
Then I have two quick links to share with you this morning.
First, on December 7 from noon to 1 pm (ET, of course), I, along with Eric Meyer (The Employer Handbook Blog), Jeff Nowak (FMLA Insights), Jon Hyman (
The supervisor did it.
Yep, you’ve concluded that he sent unwanted texts to his subordinate telling her she looked “beautiful.” Maybe even stopped by her hotel room unannounced one night at a conference for a “nightcap”.
While the subordinate’s career does not appear to have been harmed in the legal sense (i.e. there’s no “tangible
With a new wave of sex harassment complaints making headlines, there is also a bit of reflection that should happen at workplaces and the lawfirms that counsel them.
One area that we can evaluate is whether the training that is provided is effective.
A report yesterday from NPR concluded that training is just not working
My colleague, Gary Starr, returns this morning with a post on a recent case that has implications for employers nationwide.
You wouldn’t think that fingerprinting would be brought into the world of religious accommodations.
After all, the importance of background checks cannot be denied, particularly when the prospective employee is going to work with children
So a few weeks back, I suggested that we were entering into a new era of sexual harassment cases and wondered out loud when the statistics would back up my observations.
We now have our first signs. Maybe.
In my exclusive continued look at the case statistics from the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and
“Let’s engage in a Halloween-type party where everybody would be having sex.”
Or perhaps, “So, are you going to wear a bikini for your Halloween costume?”
What is it about Halloween that brings out the creep factor in the workplace?
The first quote is from a real district court case earlier this year which documented