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Showing posts with label sexual harassment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sexual harassment. Show all posts
Friday, October 24, 2025

Reddit Story: My Boss Lifted My Skirt to ‘Check Dress Code’ — This Is Why We Say #STOPTHEICK

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#StopTheIck Reddit Story: My Boss Lifted My Skirt to “Check Dress Code” — This Is Why We Say #STOP...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Sexual Favors as a Condition of Tenancy Violate Fair Housing Act and New York State Human Rights Law

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Instagram has a post that reads -  "Sex for Rent Agreements Becoming Increasingly Popular in Canada"  and its got a lot of likes a...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Is Calling a Male Employee BALD Employment Discrimination?

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Apparently, the UK thinks so , but what about in NYS? In NYS, you'd have to prove that such a comment rose above a petty slight or trivi...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Can a CEO Have an Affair with HR Without It Constituting Sexual Harassment at Work?

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We are asking for Andy Byron and the entire Astronomer team  after the Coldplay Kiss Cam fiasco. The truth is that a consensual sexual relat...
Monday, November 20, 2023

Protecting Survivors: NYS Bill Prohibits Financial Penalties in Nondisclosure Agreements

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On November 17, 2023, Governor Hochul signed Bill A00581 , amending NYS' General Obligations Law to prohibit settlements, or other resol...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Important Discrimination Bill Passes NYS Senate - It's on the Assembly Now

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On 3/13/2023, S3255 passed the NYS Senate and was delivered to the Assembly.  This Anti-Discrimination Bill is so important to school-child...
Thursday, December 08, 2022

Major Sexual Assault / Sexual Harassment Law Signed by President Biden

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On December 7, 2022, President Biden signed the Speak Out Act into law.  Now, nondisclosure and nondisparagement contract clauses relating ...
Monday, August 29, 2022

DC Law Now Requires Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training for Tipped Wage Workers

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Washington DC now has mandatory sexual harassment trainings from a 2018 law, the Tipped Wage Workers Fairness Amendment Act . Under the law...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act Passes the House

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The  Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act passed the House on March 30, 2022 and now makes its way to the senate.  If p...
Tuesday, March 08, 2022

Workplace Sexual Harassment Hotline about to be Established by NYS Division of Human Rights

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On March 7, 2022, the NYS Senate joined the Assembly to pass a bill (now going to the Governor to be enacted), which establishes a hotline ...
Friday, March 04, 2022

Sexual Harassment & Assault Claims can be Brought by victims as Class Actions in Court

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Victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault can now proceed in a class action, with other victims, and can also litigate their case in c...
Thursday, March 11, 2021

Expect New Federal Sex Discrimination Laws & Regulations by the End of 2021

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President Biden just established a Council to coordinate the Federal Government's efforts to advance gender equity and equality .  In pl...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Employment Sexual Harassment - Case of Interest - Exceeding Petty Slights or Trivial Inconveniences

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Back on October 11, 2019, the NYS Human Rights Law was modified with a new standard for actionable employment sex discrimination. The new st...
Thursday, January 02, 2020

Employers May be Exposed to a Sex Discrimination Lawsuit From...an Alleged Harasser?

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In this “Me Too” era, it is logical that an employer’s reflexive reaction to receiving a complaint of harassment from a female employee is t...
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Real Tips HR: Can Employers Fire an Employee Accused of Sexual Harassment?

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In this #metoo movement, employers must know how to react when an employee gets accused of sexual harassment. Can employers just fire som...
Friday, October 11, 2019

Protections for Victims of Harassment are Effective Today.

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The following provisions of the recently passed New York State law which provide additional protections for victims of harassment/discrimina...
Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Can Employers Discriminate Against Employees Based on Their Sexual Orientation or Status as Transgender? The Supreme Court to Weigh-In.

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The Supreme Court of the United States is hearing oral arguments on three high profile cases today which will have a significant impact on L...
Monday, September 09, 2019

Deadline = 1 Month: Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

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Attention all employers / HR managers - you have 1 month left to complete your sexual harassment prevention training of all employees as re...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Status as a Victim of Domestic Violence is Now a Protected Class in New York State

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Attention Employers in New York State : Governor Cuomo signed bill S1040 into law extending protections against discrimination in the workp...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Have you been the victim of employment discrimination?

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Attention Employees - Have you faced inferior terms, conditions or privileges of employment because of your age, race, creed, color, nation...