In recent years, there has been a campaign to educate parents on how to prevent and handle sexual abuse happening to their children. Prevention is telling their children that they don’t have to hug or kiss someone if they don’t want to. This means any family or friends that the child is frequently around. This […]
read moreYour workplace should be a safe environment, free of discrimination, sexual harassment, and anything else that may make you feel uncomfortable. Unfortunately, is not always the case. Sexual harassment is far too prevalent now in the workplace. You see it on the news or read about it almost daily. Companies have been catching on and […]
read moreFollowing a series of outrageous sexual harassment scandals in Hollywood, and now that California lawmakers have strengthened state laws regarding this type of harassment in the workplace, one would think that winning a claim against a harasser is a walk in the park. In practice, filing a sexual harassment claim and proving that you are […]
read moreThe last few years have changed everything about how sexual harassment is treated. From Hollywood to media offices around the country, we are finally realizing as a country that no form of sexual harassment is okay. The old days of pushing things under the carpet and calling them “harmless” are gone for good. You have […]
read moreMany people go through it. It can be scary. People fear losing their job the most and possible ridiculed. Sexual harassment in the workplace is far too prevalent. The EEOC definition is “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.” Many may not even realize that […]
read moreThe Harvey Weinstein scandal has forever reshaped California’s sexual harassment laws and continues to ripple through the nation. But many tend to forget that there is also a non-sexual form of harassment, and it is no less damaging or traumatizing than sexual harassment. But what is the difference between sexual and non-sexual harassment in the […]
read moreIn the face of all the sexual misconduct allegations that are flying around across a myriad of industries in the U.S., USA Gymnastics is coming under fire for allegedly silencing victims of sexual abuse. In December, U.S. gymnast McKayla Maroney took legal action against the United States Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics, accusing the organizations’ […]
read moreBesides shedding an unpleasant light on the ugly scope of the sexual harassment problem in the workplace, the latest wave of sexual harassment and misconduct allegations in both small and large U.S. companies have fostered change in the workplace. In what has become a revolutionary article that encouraged millions of Americans to expose just how […]
read moreAmid sexual harassment scandals brewing in Hollywood, claims of sexual misconduct have echoed across many other industries in the U.S. One such industry is sports. It may sound surprising to many, but the sports industry – be it football, basketball, soccer, or even MMA – is full of sexual harassment and misconduct against both females […]
read moreDoes a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) make employers immune from a sexual harassment lawsuit? This is the question that came to the spotlight in Los Angeles and all over California following the sexual harassment scandal involving Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. In the past few weeks, dozens of women have come forward to accuse Weinstein of sexual […]
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