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This year, hundreds of famous entertainers have launched a campaign against the harassment of women.

While many states have laws against harassment of gay and lesbian students, O'Brien says it is even more effective when teachers employ SEL techniques in advance of any situation.

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«DEAFENING SILENCE:» TIME recently named the men and women who spoke out against sexual assault and harassment as TIME's Person of the Year.

Under Kalanick, Uber had run roughshod over regulators, faced accusations of rampant sexual harassment, and allegedly obtained medical records of a woman in who said an Uber driver in India had raped her (Uber recently settled a U.S. lawsuit that the woman had filed against the company).

One of the most pronounced reactions, though, came when Meyers did a joke about Harvey Weinstein, the longtime film producer who sparked the reckoning over sexual harassment after The New York Times and The New Yorker revealed three decades of allegations against him.

This follows disturbing harassment allegations made against powerful figures across a number of industries — including tech.

During a talk at The Connecticut Forum earlier this month, former First Lady Michelle Obama shared her thoughts about the recent wave of allegations of sexual assault, harassment and misconduct against powerful men.

Smith, previously Minnesota's lieutenant governor, was appointed to serve as her state's senator following the resignation of Al Franken, who became embroiled in controversy after several women came forward with sexual harassment allegations against him.

WEINSTEIN NDAs: The Weinstein Co, which failed in the wake of sexual harassment claims against co-founder Harvey Weinstein, filed for bankruptcy yesterday with plans to sell its entertainment assets.

The movie studio filed for bankruptcy in the wake of sexual harassment claims against co-founder Harvey Weinstein, and its assets went up for sale.

Uber plans to conclude an internal investigation into sexual harassment allegations against it by the end of April.

As Fortune's David Z. Morris puts it, the report is «one of the most concrete indications yet that this year's stirring backlash against sexual harassment could have far - reaching impacts in the workplace.»

Andrea Mackris and Rebecca Gomez Diamond, both of whom reached sexual harassment settlements with Bill O'Reilly, have joined a defamation lawsuit against the former host and Fox News on Wednesday, asserting that statements that he and the network made «depicted them as liars, political operatives and extortionists.»

O'Reilly left the network in April following revelations of numerous accusations of sexual harassment made against him while he was working at Fox News.

But the lawsuit «utterly failed» to reform the culture inside the company, Lockette alleges, where a «campaign of harassment» against minorities persisted, Bloomberg reports.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Two Republican senators say their party should immediately consider returning contributions from casino mogul Steve Wynn in light of sexual harassment allegations against him.

Rupert, the 86 - year - old patriarch of the clan, was initially said to be unwilling to get rid of O'Reilly, despite a growing advertiser boycott fueled by news of multiple sexual harassment claims against the Fox host.

Julie Yap, a Sacramento - based partner at Seyfarth Shaw, which represents employers, said she advises companies to emphasize their policies against harassment by non-employees as well as employees, to encourage reporting of incidents, and to require robust training.

The company began the response, released via blog post on its website, by stating it was «absolutely against any form of discrimination, harassment, or unfair treatment of any kind.

At rallies on Friday, Trump attacked the credibility and appearance of his accusers and railed against the press, blaming the sexual harassment accusations on a media conspiracy to bring down his campaign.

In the past, models and celebrities who worked with the photographer accused him of creating a sexually hostile environment on set, encouraging provocative poses, and sexual assault and harassment, according to a comprehensive list of the allegations leveraged against Richardson compiled by Complex.

Time's actual selection for «Person of the Year» was the «The Silence Breakers» — women who spoke out against sexual harassment

Bill O'Reilly Settled New Harassment Claim, Then Fox Renewed His Contract James Gorman of Morgan Stanley, Going Against Type

Since claims of sexual harassment in the workplace ignited the #MeToo movement last year, companies have been struggling to handle accusations against star employees.

It was a year where women marched for their freedom, where they spoke out against centuries of sexual harassment, and where women demanded equal pay.

«We take this matter very seriously,» a ZocDoc spokeswoman tells Inc. «As a company, we pride ourselves on being a great place to work, and we have a long - standing policy against any forms of unlawful harassment or discrimination.»

Earlier on Tuesday, Deadline reported that Apple pulled the plug on an Elvis Presley biopic, apparently abandoning a development deal for the film with The Weinstein Company over the recent deluge of sexual harassment allegations against that production company's co-founder, Harvey Weinstein.

In fact, in December 2017 a Virginia district court judge ruled against a female plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation against defense contractor BAE Systems, in part, because she «did not take advantage of BAE's harassment reporting procedures of which she was well aware.»

The New York Times has detailed claims of sexual harassment about several major figures in Hollywood and media since the former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit against Roger Ailes, the CEO of Fox News, last year.

Amazon's handling of sexual harassment allegations against Roy Price has set off confusion, debate and finger - pointing inside the company, the NYT reports.

In particular, many notable Hollywood figures including the actors Kevin Spacey and Ed Westwick have been accused of sexual misconduct ranging from harassment to rape since an October 5 Times exposé detailed allegations going back decades against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

Whether you look at straight demographic statistics, listen to the testimony in the recent sexual harassment suit against storied VC firm Kleiner Perkins, or talk to female founders about their experiences fundraising, the picture you get of the industry's openness to women isn't the rosiest.

The war came to have two forms: a conventional conflict that revolved around the Mannerheim Line — Finnish fortifications on the Karelian Isthmus — and a campaign of harassment and attacks waged by Finnish ski troops against Soviet personnel in the country's forests.

The stream of bad news may have prompted a recent exodus of execs and managers, including SVP Amit Singhal, who had not disclosed sexual harassment complaints against him from his previous job at Google.

US diplomats assigned to Russia had to be trained by the US government on how to handle the escalating harassment, according to The Post, which was the Kremlin's way of retaliating against US sanctions over Russia's annexation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014.

Over the past few years, allegations ranging from verbal harassment to rape have rocked the careers of these men against a backdrop of increasing awareness about harassment.

Shortly after Charney left, American Apparel accused him of violating policies on harassment and retaliation against former employees.

Charney was never charged or convicted for the sexual harassment claims brought against him, which included allegations from American Apparel board members that he kept kept graphic photographs of him having sex with staff members on company computers.

The consequences of this weren't readily apparent until last year, when more than a dozen women came forward with allegations of harassment against VCs.

From allegations of sexual harassment against former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes to the court case against former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi stemming from complaints of abusive behaviour both inside and outside the workplace, recent high - profile cases of harassment and violence have made it clear that many organizations struggle to uphold appropriate standards of conduct within their ranks.

Carlson is not alone: Susan Fowler, the former Uber engineer who came out publicly against her employer alleging sexual harassment, is also working with members of the California State Assembly to pass legislation to eliminate forced arbitration, which prevented Fowler from coming forward about sexual harassment at Uber until after she quit.

The downfall of Hollywood titan Weinstein has been a catalyst for a movement to stamp out workplace harassment, particularly the variety that pits powerful men against much less powerful women.

Chris Martin, a care aid who chairs the HEU local at Nanaimo Seniors Village, has filed a grievance against what she saw as escalating harassment of union workers there.

The union took aim at «a hyper - masculine industrial camp culture, which can result in increased risk of sexual harassment, assault, increased levels of violence against women in sex work and hitchhiking and increased levels of child care and gender inequity.»

The affidavit described a year - long campaign of harassment by Shkreli against Doe, his family, and his new employer.

Investigation by Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey uncovered decades worth of sexual harassment claims against Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein.

As a chorus of prominent Fox News women have gone public defending Roger Ailes against the wave of sexual - harassment allegations sparked by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit, the network's biggest star, Megyn Kelly, has been conspicuously silent.

In this manner, his sexual favoritism was responsible for the continuation of an outrageous campaign of harassment against plaintiffs.

Fast - Food Workers File Federal Civil Rights Suit Against City of Memphis Over Illegal Surveillance, Intimidation, Harassment Common Dreams March 1, 2017

Many of the International Women's Day events on Thursday powerfully echoed the #MeToo movement that has mobilized women against sexual violence and workplace harassment.