"This job was everything I'd ever wanted," Jennifer G. told the New York Times. It was a physical job, but Jennifer was a bodybuilder. The job involved guarding a highly classified Energy Department site where scientists perform top-secret nuclear tests and work on...
Sexual Harassment
Guest sexual misconduct is a serious issue in hospitality industry
In 2017, a drunken male guest barged into a Marriott hotel lobby bathroom that a housekeeper was cleaning. He groped her and offered her $50, presumably in exchange for sex. The woman’s supervisor joked that the man should have offered $100. Unfortunately, it’s not...
More than 1,100 women accuse KPMG of discrimination, assault
“We allege that KPMG discriminates against women in pay and in promotions, and that this happens within a boys’ club culture that fails to address these disparities — even though KPMG has known about them — and that fails to address complaints of gender discrimination...
Tech giants won’t require arbitration in sexual harassment claims
The Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that companies could require employees to resolve their employment law claims through individual arbitration rather than by class action or ordinary lawsuits. After the ruling, it was widely expected that companies would...
Despite pitfalls, sexual misconduct victims consider speaking out
The parallels between the situations faced by Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford are obvious. Both accused Supreme Court nominees of sexual misconduct, of course. For each, doing so meant going up against men with impressive backgrounds and powerful supporters. Both...
Investigation finds sexual harassment in photojournalism field
Journalists have been leaders in the #MeToo movement, publishing articles that have brought the problem of sexual harassment to the nation’s attention. But have news organizations been providing safe harbor for harassment in their photojournalism departments? A...
How deeply rooted are workplace harassment issues?
Gender-related harassment issues continue to dominate the headlines and our social-media feeds. But what does it mean? Are the stories of sexual harassment, such as the ongoing situation at Michigan State University, isolated incidents or do they reveal something more...
Weinstein Co. releases all NDAs related to Harvey Weinstein
Entertainment mogul Harvey Weinstein has been accused of sexual harassment, misconduct or rape by at least 70 women since the allegations began coming out in October. He was pushed out of the Weinstein Co., which he had founded with his brother. Harvey Weinstein’s...
‘Me too’ evidence and its connection to #MeToo cases
In previous blog posts, we have examined the employment ramifications of the #MeToo movement, both in California and nationwide. What we have not discussed is a legal concept that shares the same name as the #MeToo movement. In the legal realm, it’s known as “me too”...
What happens when men are sexually harassed?
When thinking about sexual harassment in the workplace, do you think about the problem of men being sexually harassed? Sexual harassment of men is common, but men rarely speak up. It begs the question: when men are harassed, is the harm evaluated in the same way as...