Sentences with phrase «as for the harassment»

Not exact matches

Investigators also searched for documents relating to the infamous «Access Hollywood» tape in which Trump boasts about sexual harassment, as well as communications between Trump and Cohen about the tape.

Even as Silicon Valley is being exposed for its dark sides — everything from its diversity shortcomings, to its focus on money, to scandals around sexual harassment, ageism and the cost of living — it's provided a playbook for growth and innovation for the rest of the world.

Whether the employee simply has a knack for always saying the worst possible thing or the behavior puts your business at risk for a sexual harassment claim, it's important to do something about the employee as soon as possible.

If you have been impacted and don't take action (like changing your password and monitoring other sites you frequent), that information can be used for everything from identity theft to more serious forms of harassment — and continue to unfold years later as information gets sold and resold.

What constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace varies, but as theAAUW notes, it includes behaviors like «unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, direct or indirect threats or bribes for sexual activity, sexual innuendos and comments, sexually suggestive jokes, unwelcome touching or brushing against a person,» among others.

The same day as Kalanick's letter, Uber board member David Bonderman announced his resignation after coming under fire for a sexist joke he made during the all - hands meeting to go over the results of an internal investigation surrounding sexual harassment and discrimination.

A ballooning sexual harassment scandal in Westminster claimed its first victim late Monday as Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon, saying his conduct had fallen below the high standards demanded of his position.

Harassment is as bad for business as it is morally abhorrent.

On Tuesday, New York Times reporter Sopan Deb, who covered the Trump campaign in 2016 as an embedded reporter for CBS News, criticized a passage in the book in which Bossie and Lewandowski said he was «literally crying» at a press conference before the second presidential debate when Trump appeared with women who accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.

Legal precedent, meanwhile, tends to define sexual harassment as occurring either when a supervisor requests sex in exchange for a subordinate being promoted or not being fired, or when an employee is subject to behavior of a sexual nature that's so pervasive it creates a hostile work environment.

Sexual harassment cases can be especially tricky, as HR is responsible for investigating a behavior whose legal definition often doesn't match its conventional one.

The company cited sexual harassment and an array of other behaviors, such as bullying and retaliation, as reasons for the firings.

Sexual harassment incidents continue to plague the company, such as the arrest of a driver in Calcutta three weeks ago for allegedly masturbating in front of a female passenger.

And thus Gamergate's ability to swiftly shutdown discussion at SXSW doesn't really come as much of a surprise, particularly for the women who have long been on the receiving end of the group's harassment.

Contreras - Sweet, who served as head of the Small Business Administration under President Barack Obama, first made an offer for the studio in November, after a sex - harassment scandal forced co-founder Harvey Weinstein from the company.

Though Jurvetson left DFJ as he was being investigated by the firm for harassment, the one person who had complained about DFJ publicly, at least, a founder named Keri Kukral, later made clear that her relationship to the firm was not in a professional context.

«As alleged, if Uber is committed to safe rides for all consumers, including women, it needs to make drastic changes to prevent rapes, sexual assaults and gender - motivated harassment that occur on a regular basis in cities throughout the U.S.»

Employment practices liability insurance, or EPLI as you may have heard it called, provides protection to companies who have employees against claims by current or former employees for things like discrimination, wrongful termination, or sexual harassment.

This month, I felt my stomach turn again as my fellow believers defended Bill O'Reilly, who has now been fired from Fox News for allegations of sexual and racist harassment.

This was partly out of concern not to offend existing clients, but also because the raiders» tactics (such as using lawsuits for pure harassment) were so repugnant.

Jennifer tells me that the Catholic Church's «40 Days for Life» campaign is referred to within the organization as «40 Days of Harassment» and that the organization's «Pledge - a-Picket» program (where supporters pledge dollars for each protester who turns out) brings in major support.

Confronting them for their sexual harassment fits as well.

You have said that you are not here to speak for Vicky Beaching but you portray her as having acted bravely and having suffered from misunderstanding hate harassment and exclusion.

From verbal harassment to hanging, persecution for professing faith in Christ is as old as Christianity itself, often comingling with ethnic violence and geo - political conflict.

In seminaries as in churches, breaking the silence has a powerful impact on the community itself: student organizations sponsor films and speakers on the topic; campus incidents are addressed rather than denied; field - education placements in shelters are developed, or a session on sexual harassment is provided for field - education supervisors; resources on these issues are added to the library, and continuing - education programs are developed.

Claims of groping and sexual harassment occurring during a men - only charity dinner in London have been described as a «wake - up call» for churches that ill - treatment against women can occur anywhere.

Clare McCullough responded: «The whole reason for using this Public Spaces Protection Order, as they're trying to do in Ealing is because there is no harassment or intimidation, or they would be using the current laws to prosecute us.

Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Roy Moore, Louis C.K., Al Franken, and plenty of men who aren't famous enough for me to recognize their names in the articles announcing their transgressions: Over the last month, as women and men have come forward to speak about sexual harassment and assault, their separate portraits of their abusers have added up to a pointillist portrait of sexual sin.

Others are continuing to look for common ground with feminist and women's movement leaders as sexual harassment continues to dominate the headlines.

Define a process for reporting harassment and discrimination to the employer and to government entities, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

On Friday, he said that, as a transgender athlete, bills like HB142 put him at risk for discrimination, harassment, and exclusion.

Story for the gods... they don't need Van Persie to beat us, just get some kids off the streets in a Man U, Chelski or hell, even Monaco kit, top it up by putting the moaning one [or just about any brash folk like Berbatov] in the picture and we are in deep s ** t, our players will quake in their boots and lose the plot; we only beat Man City «cos their manager is almost as studious and gentlemanly as our prof. kindly remind me of one feisty game we've won in recent times, ok maybe Stoke [it took a broken leg to Ramsey and constant harassment before our players thought it was necessary to stand up to Stoke].

Robin Kaplan: Yeah, and so - actually Whitney and Daisy, I'd love for you to kind of answer this question as well: After your harassment incident - Whitney, you mentioned that you had a really tough time leaving the house when it was feeding time because of this incident - so would you say you're pretty nervous about breastfeeding in public after this?

As a victim of sexual abuse by my coach who has had to live for decades suffering from the tragic effects of such abuse, I wanted to do something that would change the sports environment to an «athletes first» focus, and create resources and an infrastructure that would provide a safe and positive environment for every athlete, free of abuse, bullying and harassment.

Over the past week, things have gone downhill quickly for both Lopez, who announced he won't be seeking re-election as Brooklyn Democratic chairman, but has refused to heed calls to resign his Assembly seat; and Silver, who was revealed to have negotiated a secret settlement of $ 103,000 worth of taxpayer cash with two women whose harassment claims against Lopez pre-dated those sent to the ethics committee.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has proposed package of sexual harassment reforms for state government, including an end to confidential settlements, as long as the identity of the victim is kept secure, as well as an end to taxpayer - funded settlements.

«There is no place in our government, or society as a whole, for sexual assault or harassment,» Phillips said.

«From his work as a trial attorney taking on giant corporations like Wal - Mart on behalf of working people, as well the hundreds of hours he's done in pro-bono work for women who were victims of sexual harassment and abuse.

The Assembly, Senate and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have proposed reforms to how the state handles sexual harassment cases, which include measures ranging from bans on confidential settlements as well as money for the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to review allegations and a goal of creating a uniform policy for handling cases.

The issue of sexual harassment looms over not only negotiations for a state budget but also the New York political landscape as Cuomo angles for a third term.

The comedian and activist, also known as Jonnie Marbles, was convicted for assault and «causing harassment, alarm or distress» after he threw the polystrene plate covered in shaving foam at the end of the Commons Select Committee's hearing into phone hacking at News International.

Public radio reporter Karen DeWitt (who is employed by WXXI News) asked the Democratic governor whether he was considering new policies in light of the national attention on sexual misconduct, as well as the recent resignation of a state economic development official who was under investigation for harassment.

As expected, the governor also called for a comprehensive plan to address sexual harassment in government.

As Legislative Director for Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, Carlina helped shape legislation to improve health, address the oversaturation of construction, take on landlord harassment, and improve inefficiencies within city agencies.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are negotiating a new anti-sexual harassment policy for state and local government officials as part of the state budget.

Turned off by this insiderism (and, as it turned out later, full - on corruption and sexual harassment), and encouraged by reform champion Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, they founded NKD specifically to fight for an inclusive local party that represented Brooklyn.

Whitman's decision comes at an inopportune time for Republican supporters as Trump has faced backlash for his controversial comments regarding sexual harassment and an ongoing feud with the family of U.S. fallen soldier Humayun Khan.

Nick Clegg has ratcheted up the pressure on Chris Rennard to apologise for alleged instances of sexual harassment, even as he spoke openly about his own failure to protect the women affected.

``... There is no place in government or politics someone who conducts himself as Vito Lopez has; now, therefore, be it resolved that the New York State Democratic Committee (NYSDC) seeks to send the strongest possible message condemning his conduct, and declare that New York State will have zero tolerance for sexual harassment in our legislature, our party, and the halls of government; and be it further.»

Nick Clegg ratchets up the pressure on Chris Rennard to apologise for alleged instances of sexual harassment, even as he speaks openly about his own failure to protect the women affected