Sentences with phrase «do about harassment»

In a subsequent conference call with reporters, the governor sought to clarify his earlier remarks, saying he meant to flip the question around to focus on what the state plans to do about harassment in all realms.

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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.

The Facebook COO and Lean In founder talked about what must be done to combat workplace harassment.

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.

Silicon Valley, will you shake your collective head over the revelations, read the apologies, and go on about your business, relieved that three VCs who committed sexual harassment aren't in a position to do so anymore?

Susan Fowler, the former Uber engineer whose blog post about sexual harassment and troubling internal workings led to the departure of CEO Travis Kalanick, is backing new legislation that aims to give victims of sexual harassment and other workplace discrimination the freedom to seek legal action, and to do it publicly.

At our discretion, we may publicly name a person about whom we've received harassment complaints, or privately warn third parties about them, if we believe that doing so will increase the safety of Stellar Community members or the general public.

The act of kicking a member out of the Academy is rare, but the AMPAS board in October did vote to expel Harvey Weinstein after a special emergency meeting in October, following bombshell reports the New York Times and New Yorker about decades of alleged sexual harassment and abuse.

«For so long, women were silent, thinking there was nothing you could do about it, but now the law is on the side of women, or men, who encounter harassment, and that's a good thing.

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: And I think that - and I want to ask Daisy as well about her experience - but the thing that I want to point out is; I think that people, when they hear about nursing in public harassment, I don't think they realize the repercussions on the mom who is hearing this and the devastation and the way that it makes her feel.

But there's nothing sexy about a woman asking for a raise, either, which didn't stop a male supervisor in one sexual harassment case from suggesting that the best place to discuss the matter was at a motel.

So I want to restate the question if I can: It's not just about government employees, Gov. Cuomo, what do you intend to do on sexual assault and the problem of harassment and victimization on a societal level?»

Cuomo had come under scrutiny last month when he criticized a female reporter's question on what he'd do about the issue of sexual harassment as a «disservice to women» — arguing the issue is not confined just to state government.

Inquired about getting meeting notes, they are not yet ready Town Supervisors met and came up with: 1 consolidated ambulances - centralized does not have to be every town 2 shared legal svcs most towns contractual pay hrly rate 3 employee training tech / sex harassment / etc 4 merger of cable franchise agreements / raise franchise fees at this time / set up fund to expand internet access from franchise fees 5 grant writers state and foundations 6 animal control 7 consolidated street lights 27 districts in county not pkg lots etc convert to LEDs different ownership some towns own pole others / Central Hudson own bulb or bulb and wire etc., reduce bills?

ALBANY — In a tense exchange with the Capitol press corps on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo tried to deflect questions about how his administration handles allegations of sexual harassment and told a female reporter she was doing a «disservice» by asking about it.

In a separate development, Leanne Wood issued a formal apology to anyone who has complained to Plaid Cymru in the past [about harassment] and didn't have appropriate or sufficient action taken.

The reporter, Karen DeWitt, asked Mr. Cuomo a question about sexual harassment in state government; the governor shot back that she was doing «a disservice to women» by limiting the question's scope to Albany.

He said «99 %» of people «don't care» about the sexual harassment claims against Rennard.

«The party that supported and campaigned with open arms for child sex abuser Roy Moore, that elected Grabber - in - Chief Donald Trump, and which has blocked protections for women right here in New York, does not get to lecture anyone, anywhere, anytime about sexual harassment,» said state Executive Director Geoff Berman.

What scandal - scarred Harvey Weinstein's staff knew — or didn't know — about his long history of sexual harassment and assault.

New York governor Andrew Cuomo, never one to mince words, answered a female reporter who asked about sexual harassment by telling her she was doing a «disservice to women.»

Though Brewer can't stop the project, the City Council is likely to share her concerns about new housing not being affordable enough and the city not doing enough to protect tenants from harassment.

I can't offer a bias - free opinion on Klein's fate, but anyone who actually cares about sexual harassment should be concerned with establishing a fair policy and process for investigation that doesn't rely on character attacks.

The governor, talking to a reporter in Albany on Wednesday, said her question about sexual harassment did «a disservice to women.»

Cuomo answered, «Their answer to not passing the Women's Equality Act is I didn't step in on Shelly Silver's — which sexual harassment case are you talking about?

While the moment sparked a national conversation about sexual harassment, it did not quash his Presidential aspirations.

Elizabeth Crothers, who accused Silver's legislative counsel in 2001 of raping her, and Chloe Rivera, who claimed Silver didn't take sexual harassment claims seriously enough, spoke to the News Tuesday about Silver's conviction on seven federal corruption charges.

For any who might complain about «harassment fatigue,» panelist Sheridan had an answer: «Stop doing it,» she said, «and we'll stop complaining about it.»

An allegation against Richmond, the curator of human origins at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, inspired a cascade of other allegations about him and motivated several senior paleoanthropologists to do battle against sexual harassment in their field.

Misogyny and sexual harassment appear to be pervasive among young people and certain forms of gender - based degradation may be increasing, yet a significant majority of parents do not appear to be talking to young people about it.

This gives us a more solid empirical base for doing something about sexual harassment,» says Kennair.

I create a safe space for my clients where they can feel safe exploring sexual experiences — sexual harassment and abuse but also trauma from birth injuries, IUDs, STDs and many other past experiences — and there are a few things that I really do wish women would stop believing about sex.

I don't know how to get companies to implement sexual harassment training that actually works, other than by writing articles like this one so that more people read and talk about it and can demand better of their employers.

At least, like you said, you don't have to worry about street harassment.

This week in place of an article for men about neomasculinity, I will be Txt2day does not condone spamming, harassment or illegal activity.

Seth Meyers» Golden Globe monologue didn't hold back on jokes about sexual harassment.

«Every woman of my vintage knows about sexual harassment, though we didn't have a name for it,» she said.

While the casual sexual harassment incites groans (Gibson's background doesn't help), Brad lectures on the «friend zone,» managing to skip actually talking about consent.

What will Time's Up do going forward to address so many complicated issues about harassment and privilege that still persist in Hollywood?

Creditor harassment and abuse immediately terminates, State and Federal Laws are immediately invoked, and lawsuits and counter lawsuits are filed from our quiver of offensive maneuvers to protect your rights that creditors and debt buyers do not want you to know about.

This fact sheet will help you identify what behaviour by your creditors may count as harassment and what you can do about it.

The Federal Trade Commission, which handles debt collector harassment complaints, received nearly 68,000 complaints last year about the tactics being used by debt collectors to try and get money from people that don't have it.

Don't just accept the conversation quickly deteriorating into verbal harassment and abuse, do something about ido something about it.

Why don't we talk more about experiencing street harassment abroad... as a trans woman?

As long as the IGDA feels the need to work with the FBI in order to give game developers resources so that they can feel safe from people who claim to love games, I really don't give a shit about any of the cute little «scandals» that have been manufactured solely to give cover to the continued harassment of a handful of outspoken voices in this industry.

After all, this is a criminal act of vandalism and of harassment of a group of scientists that are only going about their business doing science.

2.10.2 Intellectual freedom includes: (a) the rights of all Staff to express opinions about the operation of the University and higher education policy more generally; (b) the rights of Staff to pursue critical open enquiry and to discuss freely, teach, assess, develop curricula, publish and research within the limits of their professional competence and professional standards; (c) the right to participate in public debates and express opinions about issues and ideas related to their discipline area; (d) the right of all Staff to participate in professional and representative bodies and to engage in community service without fear of harassment, intimidation or unfair treatment; and (e) the right to express unpopular or controversial views, although this does not mean the right to vilify, harass or intimidate.

So then there's climatology - I'm not an academic and don't know about harassment problems in this area, but there's way too many people involved for it not to happen, and the harassment finding against the former head of the IPCC isn't encouraging, even considering that Pachauri wasn't a climatologist.

If an employee has complained about sexual harassment from another employee (or a third party in an employment context), the employer can be liable if they didn't take appropriate steps to prevent it happening in the first place or failed to take steps to stop it from happening again.