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?
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
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”
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
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
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
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
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”
A federal appeals court, in a recent decision which it declared is “not precedential,” dealt with a situation where a woman’s supervisor repeatedly called, emailed and confronted her, at home…
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