Remember Anita Hill? She is the attorney and academic who, in 1991, became a public figure when she accused Clarence Thomas, the then-Supreme Court nominee, of sexual harassment when he was her supervisor at the Department of Education and--wait for the irony--at the...
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Month: November 2017
Employer’s Good Faith Belief–though Incorrect–Leads to Termination: No Title VII Retaliation Found
In Villa v. Cavamezze Grill, LLC, the plaintiff--a restaurant manager--reported to the Director of Operations that two employees claimed that a third employee offered them raises in exchange for sex. The DOO notified the CEO who instructed him to investigate. The...
Protecting the workplace against sexual harassment
The allegations against movie production giant, Harvey Weinstein, have sent ripples across Hollywood and throughout. In the weeks since the New York Times initially published their account of Weinstein’s egregious behavior, waves of workplace sexual harassment...
Providing proper training for supervisors
Establishing an effective workplace and strong culture starts at the top for any company. When managers and supervisors model correct behavior, it sets the tone for others to follow. As a result, companies can realize tangible benefits by properly training their...
When Getting Busy at Work Can Get You Fired (And Why Employers Need an Electronic Communications Policy)
The term "sexting" crept into American vernacular in the mid-2000s and burst into the culture thanks, in large part, to Anthony Weiner. Prior to the rise and fall of "Carlos Danger," the Supreme Court addressed the question of whether an employer has the right to read...