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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.
Report Link Take Steps to Prevent Teenage Harassment.
Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP. - January 04, 2007
The EEOC has described the harassment of teenagers in the workplace as "a pervasive problem that's long existed under the radar." In the two years since it established a national program called the Youth@Work Initiative, the EEOC has been vigorously pursuing sexual harassment claims on behalf of teenage employees. The agency, for example, recently brought a sexual harassment lawsuit against a waterproofing company in New York on behalf of thirteen young women who were working for the business as telemarketers. The EEOC alleged that male managers and salesmen sexually harassed the young workers, most of whom were still in high school, over a four year period. A federal jury agreed and awarded them $585,000.
Report Link EEOC Offers Guidance to Companies That Employ Teens...And Its Good Advice
Helms Mulliss & Wicker - July 07, 2006
Three years and three big settlements. Its certainly not the trifecta employers hope for, and its a very real risk, particularly in the entertainment, retail and restaurant industries - sexual harassment suits by teen-aged workers who claim they were subjected to a hostile work environment on the job.
Report Link Second Circuit Affirms Case by Case Consideration of All Relevant Factors in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit.
Jackson Lewis LLP - May 30, 2006
Reviving a female employee's claim for hostile environment sexual harassment, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed summary judgment for the employer after an examination of all relevant factors taken together. A federal trial court had misapplied the legal standard and improperly considered the factors for proving hostile work environment harassment in isolation, rather than as a whole. Saying that judges are in no better position than juries to determine when conduct crosses the line of inappropriate behavior into actionable misconduct, a unanimous court found that "although the line is admittedly indistinct, its haziness counsels against summary judgment."
Report Link North Country: An All-Too Familiar Territory for America's Employers
Littler Mendelson, P.C. - October 26, 2005
An iron mine, the U.S. Treasury Department, an insurance company, a car manufacturer, a restaurant chain and an investment bank - these seemingly disparate workplaces all have something in common ... All have been the targets of sexual harassment class action lawsuits. As the above illustrates, sexual harassment lawsuits are not new and have long impacted businesses of all sizes in every industry. And in today's litigious culture, these suits are not new and something that employers can only expect to see more of in the future.
Report Link EEOC Fact Sheet.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - (No Date)
Facts About Sexual Harassment.

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