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Tiger Woods Avoids Legal Rough…For Now: 3 Key Takeaways for Employers about Workplace Relationships, Non-Disclosure Agreements,...

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Tiger Woods’ recent legal issues could actually help employers better understand their rights and responsibilities when it comes to workplace relationships, non-disclosure agreements, and arbitration provisions. His former...more

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Vanderpump Rules Drama Offers Employers a Lesson in Office Dating No-Nos

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Vanderpump Rules chronicles the life and times of the extremely attractive employees at former Real Housewife Lisa Vanderpump’s highly successful restaurants throughout greater Los Angeles. Bravo fans were shocked when...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Beware of “Be Mine” in the Workplace

In today’s world, employees spend increasingly more time at work, including in the manufacturing industry where jobs are generally not remote.  This means that employees may have close working and personal relationships with...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

How not to prove "welcomeness" in a sex harassment case

Employers, know your limits. As most of our readers know, for inappropriate behavior to be "sexual harassment,” it has to be "unwelcome" to the recipient....more

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Consensual With Consequences: Breaking Company Policies Without Breaking the Law

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In today’s episode of Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty, Steve Palazzolo addresses the recent Celtics’ decision to suspend its head coach, Ime Udoka, for the 2022-2023 season due to violations of team policies. He...more

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Romance in the Office

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With employees returning to the physical office, employers are likely going to have to deal with a number of headaches they haven’t had to address during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of these headaches relates to office...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Second guessing the advice columns: Workplace follies

The questions that people send to advice columns! "I sent $10,000 worth of birthday presents to my grandchildren, and not one of them wrote me a thank you note. Can I stiff them next year?" "My boyfriend cheats on me...more

Maynard Nexsen

Are You Ready if Cupid Strikes at Your Company?

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If romantic comedies have taught us anything, it’s that romance can blossom in the workplace, especially when colleagues spend a significant amount of time together. But the movies conspicuously omit the significant risks...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Navigating the Pitfalls of Romantic or Close Relationships in the Workplace

In today’s world, employees in manufacturing and similar industries spend a majority of their time on-site at work, engaging in work, and communicating with other employees. Over time, employees may form close bonds with...more

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Impeachment: American Crime Story and Workplace Romance

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“I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” “It depends on what the definition of ‘is’ is.” Ryan Murphy’s latest installment of the FX true-crime anthology television series Impeachment: American Crime Story...more

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Amazon’s The Expanse Raises Issues Concerning Workplace Romances

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Note: Includes spoilers for Amazon Prime’s The Expanse. I am an unabashed science fiction nerd. Growing up, I tended to gravitate toward television shows, movies, and books that took place in our own future as opposed to...more

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Love in the Time of COVID: Workplace Romance in Reel Life and Real Life

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In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, SHRM published an article highlighting a new survey on office romances. Among the key findings of the survey: 34% of employees are or have been in a workplace romance, compared to 26% in...more

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Workin’ Moms Employment Issues, Revisited

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This week, we revisit not only a series I’ve previously written about but also an issue I blogged about in my first-ever “EntertainHR” post....more

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Ontario, Canada: Human Rights Tribunal Awards Significant Damages to Employee Who Acquiesced to Sexual Relationship with...

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In NK v. Botuik, 2020 HRTO 345, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) made a $170,000 damage award to a vulnerable employee who, after being sexually harassed by her direct supervisor, engaged in unwelcome sexual...more

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Love is in the Air and in the Office

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It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air! Many people meet their significant other in the workplace. However, according to Pat Benatar in her famous rock song, Love is a Battlefield. So, how can employers avoid getting...more

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Dr. Loveless Answers Your Workplace Romance Questions!

Back for 2020! NOTE FROM ROBIN: For the past two years, Employment & Labor Insider has been honored to feature a guest Valentine's post from the renowned advice columnist Dr. Loveless. I am delighted to announce that the...more

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Web Exclusive: How Anti-Fraternization Policies Can Ensure A Happy Valentine’s Day

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Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, which means love in the air – and employers should beware. Statistically speaking, the workplace can be the epicenter of romance. According to a 2019 survey from Vault.com, 58% of...more

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Workplace Romance: Do You Have a Policy for That? If You Don’t, You Should

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In the wake of McDonalds’ CEO Steve Easterbrook’s decision to step down for having a consensual relationship with an employee in violation of company policy, many are left wondering, is there any room in the restaurant...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.13.2020 | Top Story: Labor Dept. Issues Stricter Joint Employer Test in New Rules

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Sunday’s release of a long-awaited Labor Department final rule on joint employment spells trouble for workers hoping to “sue large companies for wrongdoing by contractors or franchisees.” The rule reverses Obama-era policies...more

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What Restaurants Can Learn From McDonald's CEO Ouster

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Surprisingly, one in three employees are in a romantic relationship with someone they work with, and more than half of all-American professionals say they have participated in a workplace romance at some point. Originally...more

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Even Among Friends, Office Affair Is OK ... Until It Isn’t

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A consensual affair between a superior and subordinate can advance to a quid pro quo harassment claim if an adverse employment decision follows. Oftentimes, employers maintain various policies that would prohibit such...more

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Employers Should Not Ignore Workplace Rumors About Employees' Sexual Relationships

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In a recent opinion, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found that baseless rumors that a female employee had a sexual relationship with her supervisor could support a sexual harassment claim. Parker v. Reema...more

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Rumor Has It–Workplace Gossip About Female “Sleeping Her Way To The Top” Could Be Sex Discrimination

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Seyfarth Synopsis: According to the 4th Circuit, a female employee who was subjected to false rumors that her promotion was a result of sleeping with the boss can levy her claim for sex-based discrimination against her...more

Littler

Dear Littler: Love Is In the (Recirculated) Air – How Do We Handle Office Romances?

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Dear Littler: I run HR for a business with locations across the West Coast. One of our store managers, Romeo, called today to inform me that he is now dating the assistant manager, Juliet, at his location in Los Angeles....more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Fishing in the Company Pond

Valentine’s Day is here, and office romances are either casting in the air, already afloat, or over and, in any event, likely the subject of the latest office gossip. ...more

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