Sentences with phrase «from hostile work»

Not to mention the distractions that come from hostile work environments.

Not exact matches

A few weeks later, Kris Duggan stepped down from his role as CEO of BetterWorks following a lawsuit that claimed a hostile work environment.

Unions, newly confident but reeling from years of what they would probably call a hostile work environment, can almost taste a big victory.

To make matters worse, we had a venture capital shareholder, and board member, working aggressively from the inside on a hostile takeover of the company.

It is unfortunate that a country of this stature, who rules the world, from the skies like a god, and lacks comprehensive leadership to deal with these pressing issues... where are the Presidents akin to our late leaders that took the initiative and got things done, America has become a cold, hostile place to live, We lack the sense of unity that made us what we are... There are hundreds of thousand unemployed, Why can't the government promote an agency akin to the peace corps, that utilizes the young folks sitting on their a $ $ and make them earn their unemployment check by working in this storm zone, to rehabilitate and get these folks back on their feet... it would promote a culture of selflessness and charity and would without a question cause a paradigm shift in the minds of our youth, This is what makes a nation great!

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In the ruling from Judge Howard Levine, who was appointed a hearing officer in Kellner's appeal, both the Ethics Committee's ruling that the Manhattan Democrat engaged in inappropriate behavior that created a hostile working environment as well as Silver's decision to impose penalties were upheld.

«Sexual discrimination and hostile work environments will not help you retain a diverse workforce that looks at problems from multiple perspectives.

For the past several years I had been under extreme job stress, with months of too little sleep and too little exercise, as well as tremendous emotional stress from working in a somewhat abusive, hostile job situation while my husband was also deployed in Afghanistan and my kids were 2000 miles away.

What did make this movie work was the sense of «being there,» of watching these characters go through what they think are grand plans for themselves (Wikus proud of getting promoted; Christopher thinking he's finally going to fix the mothership and escape) only for random chance, selfishness, and the raw immediacy of simple survival kick in and having them struggle from moment to moment against hostile forces (MNU, the human slumlords, there is no difference between those two groups exploiting the aliens).

It almost works out for Life, which borrows the fundamentals of its premise from Alien — hostile, shape - changing lifeform let loose in the confines of a spacecraft grows larger and more powerful as it eats its way through the crew — and rides that pony for a good forty - five nerve - jangling minutes before running out of oxygen.

4) «The LEGO Batman Movie» Smart Rating: 91.87 Release date: Friday, February 10, 2017 Genre: Children, comedy, adventure, action, animated Starring: Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson Description: There are big changes brewing in Gotham, but if Batman (Will Arnett) wants to save the city from the Joker's (Zach Galifianakis) hostile takeover, he may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.

Now acting without assistance from S.H.I.E.L.D., the Avengers work solo in order to bring down HYDRA, but unintentionally spawn a more dangerous adversary in the form of the hostile artificial intelligence, Ultron.

There are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if Batman wants to save the city from The Joker's hostile takeover, he may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.Hide

When his old partner is kidnapped, he's forced to return to Beirut and play ball with the same hostile elements that took his wife from him 10 years prior, and work with a team that includes CIA field agent Sandy Crowder (Rosamund Pike in another bad wig, following «7 Days in Entebbe») and State Department official Gary Ruzak (Shea Whigham).

As for the stand - in for mass relays, instead there's ancient Remnant technology from a mysterious, advanced race that can cleanse a planet's atmosphere, acting as a new tool and source of technological intrigue that works well within the fiction of arriving in a hostile new galaxy.

Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / «Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s,» the Whitney's trenchant exhibition of American work, immediately recalls the Reagan era, when bluffness trumped irony and a turbocharged version of squareness — razor - sharp creases and collar bars, coke - fueled hostile takeovers, money in the service of comfort and status, strategic peremptoriness — shoved aside the counterculture.

And reading from Here with me (2016), a video work that is shown on a large screen in the middle of the room, where the artist himself is seen trapped in a hostile place, only covered in a piece of fabric and kidnapped by a faceless villain, it's the love and the ties between friends that saves the day.

SH Because when I think of performance and installation art from the past 20, 30 years, I think of work that is much more hostile towards the audience — Bruce Nauman, Vito Acconci — the desire to push the audience to an extreme.

They displayed their experimental works based on unique and original concepts, but the pair was not welcomed with much positive acclaim — in fact, it is said that the gallery director Eleanor Ward remove the visitor comments book because there were simply too many hostile and negative responses from the public.

That they take such a cavalier approach to any form of Quality Control, an aggressively hostile stance against any outside review of their work and refuse to seek any advice from those with relevant professional expertise, speaks to me of a closed and inward - looking group of «scientists» with a siege mentality.

But for a minority of governing elites, who obviously created a hostile warming micro-climate for their work environment, it has made them incapable of distinguishing the climate forest from the micro-climate trees, so - to - speak.

In addition, e-mail messages stolen from the University of East Anglia in Britain showed that scientists besieged by an onslaught of hostile, make - work demands from climate skeptics may not have adequately followed the requirements of the British freedom of information law.

Health and safety law also says that employers must protect employees from workplace harassment which can lead to a hostile work environment.

Hostile work environment harassment can manifest from openly discussing sexual activities, telling offensive jokes, unnecessary touching or using indecent gestures.

By contrast, a hostile works council can cause serious problems to an internal investigation from delaying it to blocking single measures and leaking information to the press.

Federal, state and local laws protect employees from unwelcome sexual advances, unwanted sexual propositions, and working in a sexually hostile work environment.

Because of the subject matter, the workplace context and all the recent legislation, cases and discussions in Canada and the United States on harassment, for the first time I was conscious of possible repercussions from forwarding such email (specifically, participating in creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment).

In Flom's case, his circumstances — exclusion from other major law firms and an upbringing that valued hard work — forced him to explore a new field like hostile corporate takeovers, and gave him the tenacity to stick with it.

My penultimate questions are these: Does the above - referenced passage from Evans not require the judge hearing the case to determine whether the working atmosphere was hostile, embarrassing or humiliating?

To demonstrate the significance of her initial «no, thanks» and his subsequent refusal to accept it from another perspective: if Betty and Jones were coworkers in the same office, if he continued to solicit her after being told no the first time, that would be the definition of sexual harassment on his part and it would not matter how genial or friendly or casual he thinks he's being; furthermore, if her workplace failed to intervene on her behalf, they would be engaging in sexually discriminatory behavior by creating a hostile work environment, regardless of how genial / friendly / casual, etc..

With no discovery on the claim, she was not prepared when the court ruled from the bench that it would grant summary judgment as to her hostile work environment claim.

The committee recommends that the U.S. work with allied countries to create international cyber standards to deter hostile nations from taking advantage of current gray areas in cyber policy, making it clear that attacks on election systems are «hostile acts.»

Diverse opinions and perspectives, while being helpful in a constructive workplace, can also clutter an office and distract from the bottom - line by creating a hostile work environment.

Financial regulators across the world who are anxious to avoid a repeat of the events that led to the financial crisis, and under pressure from a hostile public, are demanding that individuals in the finance industry should be held as accountable as the institutions they work for.

During his short tenure, nearly all the staff quit, there was a hostile work environment investigation, and relationships with partners ranging from foundations to long - term consultants were ruined.

The mass media can play an important role in providing health information and related issues for parents and caregivers.10 However, adolescents are typically portrayed in the media as hostile, violent, delinquent, alienated from parents and families, and resistant to any assistance.3, 51,52 In news and television coverage, content analyses found that adolescents are depicted as perpetrators or victims of crime and violence, problem - ridden and disruptive.51, 52 In addition to the mass media images, public attitudes towards adolescents are predominately negative.51 A population approach to build a climate of public interest and responsiveness will require actively working towards counteracting the predominantly negative media coverage of adolescents.3 Media messages can raise parents» awareness and willingness to attend parenting programmes by normalizing their experiences of receiving professional support.

When you're in hostile waters, you zig and zag, and it's hard to get from point A to point B. I hope to work out a moratorium with everyone so our ship can head in a straight direction,» he says.

You face potential commission - ectomies from hostile sellers who don't want to pay and hostile buyers who don't want to commit to working with one salesperson (or even one lender, for that matter).