Sentences with phrase «claims of harassment»

Generally, in exchange for receiving severance, you sign what's called a general release — a legal document agreeing not to disparage the company and releasing them from any future legal claims of harassment, discrimination, etc..

This gives the potential for accusations that it is unwanted attention leading to claims of harassment.

Chicago associates Laura Bacon and Brittany Bogaerts co-authored this column noting that EEOC v. Costco serves as a reminder that employers may be held responsible for customer harassment of employees and that hostile work environment claims are not limited to claims of harassment by other employees.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in Richmond Pharmacology v Dhaliwal [2009] UKEAT / 458/08 has given specific guidance for employment tribunals to follow when hearing claims of harassment.

-LSB-...] the consequences of a relationship ending badly have also resulted in legitimate claims of harassment where one of the parties to that relationship has, in some way, taken out their pain or frustration on their ex-significant other.

The exclusion of women from teams investigating claims of harassment and abuse can fuel the perception of a «glass houses» problem, or the perception that men who behave badly can rely on an «old boys» network» to stay in power.

Daria Zhuk, 27, came forward in February — one of several female journalists to level claims of harassment against Leonid Slutsky, head of the powerful foreign affairs committee in the Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament.

And it's this issue of consent that often leads to claims of harassment.

«Changing the standard from deliberate indifference to strict liability would rob school districts of the flexibility they need in responding to claims of harassment based on their educational judgments and knowledge of the school environment.»

Since then high - profile actresses including Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Kate Beckinsale, Heather Graham, Rose McGowan, Cara Delevingne, and Mira Sorvino have come forward with claims of harassment and / or assault.

One woman said he throws great block parties, but she's been hearing about claims of harassment for years.

Releasing the name of the woman could have «long - term ramifications» for other people to step forward and provide claims of harassment and abuse.

The new policies allow for publicly - funded payouts for substantiated claims of harassment against state employees, but would require them to reimburse the government within 90 days.

The Perkins Coie investigation — which looked into individual claims of harassment and other issues — resulted in 20 terminations.

«You know, at the bottom line, there's just never been a claim of harassment,» Ruddy said.

You are unlikely to have a claim of harassment under Oregon Law, since no threats of violence were made, and sending nudes would only be harassment if the nudes were of the recipient and they were of when the recipient was under - 18.

Not exact matches

State lawmakers in New York and Washington recently passed measures restricting the use of so - called non-disclosure agreements for sexual harassment claims after the attorneys general of all 50 states urged legislative action in February to ensure that victims can bring lawsuits before judges rather than being forced into arbitration.

Fox last month parted ways with its most popular anchor, Bill O'Reilly, amid a number of harassment claims that he has denied, and network chief Roger Ailes resigned last year after he was sued by former anchor Gretchen Carlson.

Every time you turn on the television or radio, it seems, there's a new set of sexual harassment claims being discussed.

A Fox News radio correspondent filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming she was fired for complaining about sex discrimination, after the U.S. television network encouraged employees to report harassment amid a barrage of legal claims.

The company is removing language found in some of its employees» contracts that barred them from filing suit over workplace sexual harassment claims.

More than 56 % of American workers — about 60 million — are subject to mandatory arbitration clauses that cover all kinds of claims, including sexual harassment, according to the Economic Policy Institute's survey of nonunion private - sector employers.

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.

In an interview on fellow host Sean Hannity's radio show, O'Reilly said he was focusing his primary energies on legal efforts and investigations to clear his name, and referred to some claims of sexual harassment as a «kind of defamation.»

The court majority placed a significant barrier in front of employees claiming harassment or discrimination in the future.

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.

Controversy accompanied his exit from Square, with a threat of a lawsuit over sexual harassment claims by a male employee who allegedly obtained a job at the company after beginning a relationship with Rabois.

Kalanick has since hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a review of the sexual harassment claims, but that hasn't stopped the stream of #DeleteUber tweets.

«They likely believe [claims of sexual harassment] are material information,» says Mike Maples Jr., cofounder of Floodgate, a Palo Alto — based VC firm with an investing team that's 40 % female.

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.

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.

July: Dave McClure, the founder of startup incubator 500 Startups, resigned from his position as general partner following an investigation into claims of sexual harassment.

One of Uber's top executives, Amit Singhal, resigned on Monday for not disclosing previous sexual harassment claims from his prior job at Google.

The company has suffered through a series of mishaps and scandals that included claims of sexual harassment, multiple lawsuits, and serious fights with regulators.

For drivers, Campbell says this manifests itself in a feeling of expandability and a lack of structural recourse when dealing with dishonest reviews or comments from passengers, while employees like Fowler alleged that Uber's HR bungled her harassment claims.

Last fiscal year, the EEOC resolved 99,109 claims in total — 31,411 of which involved harassment.

The New York Times reported on April 1 that Fox and O'Reilly had paid five women a total of $ 13 million to settle harassment claims.

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.

On Friday, after years of rumored sexual - harassment claims and Thursday's watershed New York Times story in which five women — four of them named — came forward with allegations, the comedian Louis C.K. is responding.

O'Reilly has been under fire since April 1 when a separate Times report claimed that he not only settled with women accusing him of harassment, but for then asking the women to never speak about it publicly.

While the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has not seen a big jump in harassment claims, the amount paid by employers to plaintiffs as a result of those claims reached an all - time high of $ 54.6 million in 2000.

In the days since Fowler's blog post went viral, Kalanick claimed he wasn't aware of Fowler's harassment allegations and pledged a full investigation into the environment, which will be lead by former US Attorney General Eric Holder.

In addition to sexual harassment, Perkins Coie investigated claims of unprofessional behavior, bullying, retaliation, physical security, wrongful termination, and other forms of harassment.

On Tuesday the board issued a statement saying it had no previous knowledge of the sexual harassment and assault claims directed towards Weinstein and called his alleged conduct «antithetical to human decency.»

So far, 215 claims of various inappropriate workplace incidents including sexual harassment have been investigated, as Business Insider previously reported.

The lawsuit comes after a week of grueling headlines for Uber, which has been dealing with claims of widespread sexism and sexual harassment by a former employee.

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.

He is the first truly shameless president, the first porn president, and that is why it is Stormy Daniels — more than the FBI or the IRS or the string of women who have claimed sexual harassment or abuse by him — who just might take him down.