Articles Posted in Sexual Harassment

If you bring a workplace harassment or retaliation claim to trial, you expect the judge and jury to weigh the facts fairly. Unfortunately, not every trial proceeds without serious mistakes. In a recent case out of Los Angeles, a tenured professor sued a public college district for sexual harassment and retaliation, ultimately winning a $10…

If you’ve experienced a hostile work environment, you know how damaging it can be to your mental and emotional health. Understanding your rights under California law can help you take the necessary steps to seek justice. Here’s what you need to know about proving a hostile work environment claim. What is a Hostile Work Environment?…

Courts reviewing sexual harassment claims have the potential to award plaintiffs with significant monetary compensation; however, the legal claims have to establish certain causal links in order to be successful. Recently, a California court denied a plaintiff’s appeal in her employment discrimination case, concluding that there was no causal link between the sexual harassment that…

Trials for employment discrimination cases can be emotionally charged environments, and respecting the decision-makers in any court setting can make or break a party’s case. In a recent sexual harassment suit coming out of a California court, the defendant unsuccessfully appealed several rulings from the lower court that he claimed prevented him from having a…

Many employers, especially large corporations with a public image, may be more concerned about the optics of workplace discrimination and harassment claims than the cost of paying a complainant the requested amount of damages. Prior to 2019, California employers were permitted to require a sexual harassment or discrimination complainant to accept confidentiality and non-disparagement agreements…

Three former executives for United Way Worldwide say the organization fired or bullied them in retaliation for addressing sexual harassment within one of the world’s largest nonprofits. According to their claims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the women say the organization’s leadership abruptly terminated or forced them to leave after they reported misconduct.…

Three years after the #MeToo movement brought workplace sexual harassment into the spotlight, a new study shows a disturbing result – nearly three-quarters of the people reporting harassment say they were retaliated against for complaining. The National Women’s Law Center report says seven out of 10 workers, who reported being sexually harassed at work, faced…

The bigger a business is, the greater the potential for institutional corruption becomes. Large corporations often have to have large human resources and even accountability departments to ensure that no one person’s actions can impact the reputation and solvency of the company itself. Mandatory reporting and zero-tolerance policies are both examples of ways that companies…