Company Owner Victimized Driver and Fired Him When He Complained to the Sheriff, Federal Agency Charged - ORLANDO, Fla. – Shelley’s Septic Tank, Inc., a Florida company operating in the Orlando area, has agreed to pay...more
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which presides over federal district courts in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, recently joined several other circuit courts in determining that plaintiffs who allege same-sex...more
Airport Baggage Handling and Maintenance Service Company Subjected Black Male Workers to Abuse, Federal Agency Charged - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Engie Services, Inc., a Canadian company that provides baggage handling and...more
Same-sex harassment in the workplace under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is not strictly limited to the three scenarios in the U.S. Supreme Court’s seminal 1998 opinion in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, a...more
Septic Company’s Owner Harassed Driver and Fired Him when He Complained, Federal Agency Charges - TAMPA, Fla. – Shelley’s Septic Tank, Inc, a Zellwood, Fla. company, violated federal law when a driver was sexually...more
2019 Update: In 2018, PETERKA & PARTNERS drafted the following chapter on what Slovakian companies need to know about sexual harassment in the workplace. In 2019, the ILN asked firms to consider the response following #MeToo...more
SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE: WHAT US: MULTI-STATE COMPANIES NEED TO KNOW - We include the 2018 chapter in its entirety for reference following the 2019 update. 2019 Update - In the wake the of the #MeToo...more
2019 Update - The #MeToo movement, which has grown international in scope, is a wide-ranging campaign to shed light on the occurrence of sexual assault and harassment, particularly in the workplace. The movement began in...more
What constitutes sexual harassment? Sexual harassment occurs if someone shows verbal, non verbal or physical behavior with sexual connotation which aims at and results in the affection of the dignity of the other person....more
We include the 2018 chapter in its entirety for reference following the 2019 update. IMPACT OF #METOO IN INDIA – WHAT HAS CHANGED In July of last year, we covered critical aspects of sexual harassment laws in India under...more
What constitutes sexual harassment? In the Hungarian law, sexual harassment is covered by the general definitions of harassment stipulated by the Act CXXV of 2003 on Equal treatment (“Equal Treatment Act”) and by the Act C...more