We have commented in many blog posts that a hostile work environment can be created in any way, by anybody, or by any means, if the employer does not address
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Is Scheduling Time to Laugh Really So Wrong?
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My assistant, Chrissie, (take a bow, Chrissie) just showed me a hilarious Saturday Night Live clip of an old musical Christmas skit whose song inexplicably popped in her head today.
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Employee Involved in”Sexual Banter” With Boss Held Not To Thereby Invite Sexual Harassment
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Thanks to my friend Judy Greenwald of Business Insurance who brought to my attention an interesting decision this week from a federal appeals court in Boston.
A female employee of …
Frequent Use Of The “N-Word” Does Not Create A Hostile Environment If Only Made In “Jest”
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Last month we thought that we had capped a whole series of blogs about the “N-word” and the image of a noose which appear regularly in cases of hostile work…
The Noose – And Now Death Threats
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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…
One More Egregious Case Of A Noose In The Workplace
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It is extraordinary that the “N-word” and the noose keep reappearing in lawsuits claiming a racially harassing workplace, as we have shown in our recent blogs.
I will mention just one…
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EEOC: Despicable Racial Harassment Is An Affront To Our Values Of Fair Play And Opportunity
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According to an EEOC attorney "It is unconscionable that in the 21st century anyone should have to work in a racially hostile environment riddled with highly offensive acts of intimidation…
Juries Do Not Like Sexual Harassers Or Companies Which Tolerate Them
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If you did not already know, now that we have evolved from the world of “Mad Men,” sexual harassment in the workplace is no longer considered a joke or simply…
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“Sexual Harassment” or Just Simply Being “Socially Tone Deaf”
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A federal appeals court, in a recent decision which it declared is “not precedential,” dealt with a situation where a woman’s supervisor repeatedly called, emailed and confronted her, at home…
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