Discrimination, Title VII, Anti-Harassment Policies

Workplace Harmony in 2024: Navigating the EEOC’s Latest Harassment Guidelines

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/11/2024

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released long-awaited Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, No. 915.064. The EEOC also published a “Summary of Key Provisions,” FAQs for employees, and a...more

Navigating the Rock & the Hard Place: Conflicting Federal and State Mandates for LGBTQ Employees

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/14/2024

“The rock and the hard place.” How often do employers find themselves here? If employers have LGBTQ employees in certain states, they are now bumping up against the “rock” of federal laws, like Title VII and Title IX, and the...more

EEOC Proposes New Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 10/20/2023

On September 29, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published new proposed enforcement guidance ("the Proposed Guidance”) on harassment in the workplace. This is the first proposed EEOC guidance on...more

#MeToo One Year Later: An Update for Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/7/2018

Join Milwaukee attorneys Sarah Platt and Christine Bestor Townsend as they discuss how things have changed for employers in the era of #MeToo....more

Revamping Your Anti-Harassment Programs

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/10/2018

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, I have clients wanting to know what they can do both to improve their workplace and protect themselves. They all have good policies and regularly train supervisors and employees on them. So...more

“Why Matters” – In Texas, Proving Same-Sex Harassment “More Complicated” than Proving Opposite-Sex Harassment

Bracewell LLP on 4/11/2018

On April 6, 2018, the Texas Supreme Court issued a decision assessing what evidence is necessary to support an actionable same-sex sexual harassment claim. In an opinion totaling over 100 pages, the six-justice majority and...more

R-E-S-P-E-C-T in Your Workplace

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 6/20/2017

Are racial issues, religious differences, and gender norms creating tension in your workplace? Are the caustic exchanges so evident in news coverage today starting to crop up in the office? Are employees complaining of...more

Transgender Issues in the Workplace: Legal Issues and Considerations for Companies

Snell & Wilmer on 10/7/2016

Over this past year, there has been an increasing amount of attention on transgender persons both in the media and in the law. Garnering particular attention, North Carolina passed Senate Bill 2 which prohibits students and...more

More than Just a TV Show: How Bruce Jenner’s Story Sheds Light on the Importance of Workplace Policies for Transgender Employees

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 5/21/2015

Last month in a nationally televised interview, U.S. Olympic icon Bruce Jenner revealed to the world that he is a transgender woman. While the coming out process for the rest of the nearly 700,000 transgender Americans may...more

Think Third Party Harassment Can’t Harm You? Think Again

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/26/2014

On April 29, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s ruling of Freeman v. Dal-Tile Corp., No. 13-1481, 2014 WL 1678422 (4th Cir. Apr. 29, 2014) addressed third-party harassment. The Court held...more

Labor Letter, March 2013: Pyrrhic Victories

Fisher Phillips on 3/5/2013

King Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Roman army in the battle of Asculum, but at great cost. His comment, “Another such victory would utterly undo me,” applies to employment litigation....more

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