If you’ve been the victim of sexual harassment, you might be hesitant to raise the issue at work or pursue a legal claim. Speaking up against your harasser can be intimidating and, even though retaliation is illegal, you might have legitimate concerns about facing reprisals from your employer. There are very good reasons for speaking up, though, not the least…
Harassment is one of those words that can be used in a number of different ways in life, but has a very specific meaning in the law. In life, you might say that telemarketer that always calls at the same time every evening is harassing you. When you go to a baseball game, you may sit next to a fan…
Not all interactions with your co-workers and supervisors occur inside the walls of your workplace during normal working hours. More and more, our interactions extend beyond the walls of our workplace because we are now more connected than ever through social networking and other forms of communication. Many employees are now working remotely from their home, while others make the…
As a lawyer, one of the easier cases to argue is one where there is indisputable evidence your client was wronged. This is the smoking gun situation, where the defendant is clearly at fault. In the world of sexual harassment, these smoking gun cases are rare. What is more common is a war of words—different versions of events told by…
Sex discrimination covers a wide range of negative actions in your place of employment, from losing out on a promotion because of your gender to receiving unwanted sexual advances or being the target of offensive remarks of a sexual nature. You don’t have to take sexual discrimination at work. It’s prohibited under federal law and, in some cases, state law.…
There are four different ways to file charges of sexual harassment against someone who is forcing you to engage in sexual communication or contact at work. You can file in internal complaint with your company, you can file an administrative complaint with a government agency, you can file a lawsuit in court and you can file a criminal complaint with…