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
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has become the most recent federal appellate court to expand the scope of conduct that may constitute same-sex harassment....more
In its Oncale decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that same-sex sexual harassment violates Title VII’s sex discrimination prohibition. In that case, the court said that plaintiffs can demonstrate same-sex harassment...more
Airport Baggage Handling and Maintenance Service Company Subjected African American Male Workers to Sex and Race Harassment, Federal Agency Charges - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Engie Services Inc., a Canadian company that...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
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