Changes in California’s employment laws reflect the State’s desire that employers become more proactive in preventing sexual harassment claims in the workplace. By January 1, 2020, California employers with five or more employees must provide all non-supervisory...
A City of Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Department grounds keeping supervisor rounded up 30 of his workers inside a city-run basketball gym to give them a what was intended to be a positive pep rally, but what it apparently turned into was something quite...
Building on the work of the EEOC, authorities at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) have recently announced that they have developed a new task force to evaluate the incidence of workplace sexual harassment in California. Officially known...
For decades, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) has prohibited workplace discrimination and harassment in California. Among the latest update to this Act are a series of amendments that took effect last month. Because these new amendments impact...
Workplace sexual harassment is as pervasive as it can be damaging. As we noted in a recent blog, about 33 percent of women have been the target of workplace sexual harassment by the age of 35. While you may be aware that workplace sexual harassment is illegal and...
Officials at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have recently issued a formal statement to American employers, urging them to “be particularly mindful of instances of harassment, intimidation, or discrimination in the workplace against vulnerable...
Workplace harassment usually involves a pattern or series of incidents. Knowing how to record these incidents – and what should be documented for each instance of harassment – can be crucial to gathering evidence, protecting yourself and fighting back later....
Being the target of workplace sexual harassment can be embarrassing, distressing and even frustrating. Knowing what to do, however, to protect yourself and your rights after workplace sexual harassment occurs can be pivotal to feeling empowered and taking back some...
Officials at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently convened a panel of experts to identify “some of the measures employers can take to prevent workplace harassment,” as the EEOC announced at the end of last month. Focused in finding...
Despite the laws prohibiting it and the negative stigma surrounding it, workplace sexual harassment continues to rear its ugly head far too often in many work settings. In fact, research published earlier this year reveals some shocking insights regarding how and...
