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Article Index » sexual harassment: 10 Most Recent Articles Report Link Worker's Lack Of Response Dooms Harassment SuitOgletree Deakins - February 11, 2008 A federal appellate court recently dismissed a lawsuit brought by an employee who claimed that her employer subjected her to a hostile work environment. While the employer exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct the alleged harassment, the court held, the employee failed to take advantage of the corrective opportunities offered by the employer. Brenneman v. Famous Dave's of America, Inc., No. 06-1851, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (November 16, 2007). Report Link Seventh Circuit Finds Employer's Harassment Complaint Procedures Insufficient.Ogletree Deakins - December 11, 2007 The federal appellate court with jurisdiction over Illinois employers recently reinstated a lawsuit brought against the owner of a fast food restaurant whose manager allegedly verbally and physically propositioned a 16-year-old employee. According to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the employee who was later fired by her manager because her mother complained about the harassment could proceed with her retaliation claim. The Seventh Circuit also held that the trial judge had improperly granted summary judgment to the employer on the harassment claim where the record reflected that the employer’s policies were both confusing and ineffective. Report Link Playing Favorites -- Romantic or Otherwise -- Is a Messy Game in the Workplace.Knowledge@Wharton (Reg Required) - December 07, 2007 The fact that favoritism in the workplace exists is not news, but in high-profile cases, it often makes the news. Two years ago, for example, Harry C. Stonecipher was forced to resign the presidency of aerospace giant Boeing over a relationship with a Boeing executive. This spring, World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz had to resign after being accused of arranging a big raise and promotion for a woman with whom he was having a relationship. Report Link Worker’s Immigration Status Does Not Shield Perkins From Liability.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - December 06, 2007 Even an undocumented worker is entitled to pursue her hostile work environment and retaliation claims against her employer, despite her immigration status. Considering "the need to reduce employer incentives to hire illegal alien workers because of their inability to enforce their rights," a federal district court found that employers cannot use this hiring practice to shield themselves from liability under federal civil rights laws. Report Link Effective Harassment Complaint Procedures Must Be Understandable to the Workforce, Appeals Court Rules.Jackson Lewis LLP - November 26, 2007 Ruling that an employer's harassment complaint procedure was ineffective because it was not written in a way that could be easily understood by the teenage workers who comprised the bulk of the employer's workforce, a federal Court of Appeals in Chicago allows a 16-year-old restaurant worker's claims of sexual harassment and retaliation under Title VII to proceed to trial. Report Link When Even Doing It Right Leads To Trouble.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - November 07, 2007 A recent case involving a Texas dealership reminds us how careful a dealer and its managers must be when investigating a harassment complaint. Report Link Court Finds Employer Was Not On Notice Of Misconduct.Ogletree Deakins - October 22, 2007 The federal appellate court with jurisdiction over Georgia employers recently dismissed a lawsuit brought by a nurse who claimed that she was retaliated against after complaining about a doctor’s alleged sexual advances. According to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the employer successfully raised the Faragher/Ellerth defense by arguing that the nurse’s initial complaint did not place it on notice of the alleged sexual harassment. Nurse “Be” v. Columbia Palms West Hospital Limited Partnership, No. 06-12159, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (July 6, 2007). Report Link Office Romances and the Risk of Liability.Shaw Valenza LLP - October 16, 2007 A recent study revealed that at least seventy percent of employees will date someone at work at least once during their careers. In fact, nearly one-half of all married couples met each other in the workplace. In light of these statistics, employers cannot ignore the various issues that may arise when employees engage in romantic relationships with people they meet at work. Report Link Playing Favorites -- Romantic or Otherwise -- Is a Messy Game in the Workplace.Knowledge@Wharton (Reg Required) - August 10, 2007 The fact that favoritism in the workplace exists is not news, but in high-profile cases, it often makes the news. Two years ago, for example, Harry C. Stonecipher was forced to resign the presidency of aerospace giant Boeing over a relationship with a Boeing executive. This spring, World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz had to resign after being accused of arranging a big raise and promotion for a woman with whom he was having a relationship. Report Link Trucking Company Slammed for Lurid Conduct in Sexual Harassment Ruling. Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP. - June 20, 2007 In a victory for the EEOC in one of the rare cases taken to trial by its litigation team, a jury awarded three (3) saleswomen $2,355,000.00 / for sexual harassment and retaliation by a Northlake, Illinois trucking company. (EEOC v. Custom Companies, Inc., et al., N.D. Ill., Nos. 02-C-3768 and 03-C-2293, Mem. Op. & Order 3/8/2007). The EEOC’s lawsuit filed in May of 2002, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleged that the saleswomen were exposed to unwelcome sexual advances, groping, lewd sexual language and pornography, and were retaliated against when they complained to the EEOC.
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2008-6-3 Queens Chamber of CommerceUnions Are Targeting Car Washes: Are You Prepared?Atlanta
June 3, 2008 Ford & HarrisonThe Connecticut Sexual and Other Harassment Education and Training in the Workplace ActStamford
2008-6-4 Jackson Lewis LLPAvoiding Employment ClaimsAtlanta
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