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Here are articles on hot employment law issues that effect managers and supervisors in everyday work situations for your ongoing learning. To search by specific workplace issues, we have also organized these articles into a list of FAQs.
One of the most difficult sexual harassment concepts for many people to grasp is implied quid pro quo. Explicit quid pro quo is where [...]
In the wake of #MeToo and #TimesUp, a number of states have expanded the time limits for targets of harassment to bring legal charges. [...]
The chief doctor at a hospital recently was accused of sexual harassment. His defense: the attraction was mutual. She consented. He allegedly had sex [...]
If you’re a regular eNews reader, you may remember our article in August 2019, explaining that New York and California have made it easier [...]
Many employers and HR professionals are trained and ready to handle requests for accommodation by employees, including understanding the obligation to engage in an [...]
In the #MeToo environment, good employers are committed to giving fair hearings to victims of sexual harassment. But a recent court decision makes clear [...]
More than 30 years ago, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled that harassment that is ''sufficiently severe or pervasive'' to create a hostile or [...]
Managers in our programs sometimes ask, “If African-American employees call their African-American friends at work ‘nigga,’ are they welcoming someone else using the N-word?” [...]
In 2018, both internal harassment complaints and formal harassment charges filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) increased sharply. The EEOC reported [...]
About one year ago, the California Supreme Court dropped a bombshell on the employment world by dramatically re-defining what is required to establish independent [...]