harassment

How the continuing violation doctrine can help your employment discrimination case

How the continuing violation doctrine can help your employment discrimination case

Workplace harassment and hostile work environment claims—most typically sexual or racial harassment—can be hard to…

3 years ago

Should the legal standard for harassment/hostile work environment claims be redefined?

With the possibility of more employees returning to the office in 2021, momentum is building…

3 years ago

Best practices for preventing workplace sexual harassment

Law 360 spoke with Eric Bachman and other employment attorneys about key steps that corporate…

6 years ago

Appeals court: “sand ni**er,” and other epithets do not create hostile work environment

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided earlier this year that, although an employee was…

7 years ago

What is “constructive discharge” and how does it relate to my employment discrimination case?

Lawyers occasionally refer to a "constructive discharge" claim when talking about an employee who has involuntarily…

7 years ago

What is “quid pro quo” sexual harassment?

When the media report on workplace sexual harassment issues, they sometimes refer to "quid pro…

7 years ago

Muslim employee who was allegedly told to remove that “rag” from her head gets new day in court

A federal appellate court ruled yesterday that a Muslim employee of Astoria Bank who was…

7 years ago

Lawsuit claims shocking sex harassment against female farm workers

In a complaint filed yesterday in federal court, the Attorney General of Washington alleged that an agricultural…

7 years ago

New case: a single, vile slur could create a hostile work environment under Title VII

Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a supervisor allegedly calling an employee,…

7 years ago