Sentences with phrase «of alleged harassment»

Tarantino corroborates Mira Sorvino's story of alleged harassment from Weinstein, which happened while Sorvino and Tarantino were dating.

Mrs. Jonathan cited instances of the alleged harassment and intimidation by the EFCC in an affidavit filed in support of the suit.

In both instances of alleged harassment (the other involved a male staffer), the complainants say their protests led to a hostile work environment.

It has engaged in two high - profile investigations of alleged harassment.

Heleen Mees, 44, was arraigned in New York City Criminal Court on Monday on an amended criminal complaint that contained further details of the alleged harassment.

Shkreli, as part of that alleged harassment, supposedly gained access to social media accounts of the ex-worker, contacted him, his wife and teenage son directly, and vowed to ruin the family as Shkreli demanded the return of $ 1.6 million he claimed had been «stolen from me.»

But several women, including Boyle, came to Carlson's defense, telling their own stories of alleged harassment by Ailes.

A former top Fox News reporter left the bureau at the end of last year as rumors swirled about his history of alleged harassment.

Not exact matches

The issue of mandatory arbitration for harassment cases gained national attention last year when former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sued network president Roger Ailes over alleged sexual misconduct.

He is open about relationships with employees, and has been involved in a handful of sexual harassment lawsuits from former employees alleging strange behaviour, such as strutting around in his underwear.

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

It's a stunningly fast fall — and one that suggests there may be some kind of sea change in how women who allege sexual harassment by powerful men are treated.

Former Uber engineer Susan Fowler opened up earlier this year in a blog post about the toxic culture of workplace harassment at the company, alleging that she was sexually harassed by a male manager at Uber whose actions were knowingly brought to the attention of HR.

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.

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.»

Zelda Perkins, one of Harvey Weinstein's former assistants, is breaking her non-disclosure agreement after 19 years to speak publicly about his alleged sexual harassment and the legal strategies he used to stop his alleged victims from talking.

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.»

The proposed class - action suit alleges a racist culture at Tesla, unsafe factory conditions, and failure on the part of the company, including CEO Elon Musk personally, to prevent or investigate race - based harassment and discrimination there.

Harvey Weinstein's long alleged history of sexually preying on actresses, journalists, and musicians — and then scaring them into silence — has spurred a deeply charged national conversation about sexual harassment in the workplace.

The reputation of Uber was hurt by the allegations mounted by a former employee alleging sexual harassment and bungling by the human resources department.

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 company has been buffeted by one scandal after another in 2017, from alleged sexual harassment to software designed to evade law enforcement, now the subject of a federal probe.

Former Thinx employees, many of them women in their 20s and 30s, allege some very un-feminist practices, including substandard pay, verbal abuse and sexual harassment.

The Robert Doyle case shows the failure of organisations to resolve sexual harassment complaints when alleged perpetrator fails to answer to allegations.

Uber has faced ongoing scrutiny over allegations of workplace harassment, a criminal probe into its attempts to evade regulators, a lawsuit over trade secret theft brought by Waymo — its competitor in the self - driving car industry — and a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleges her medical files were improperly shared by Kalanick and other executives.

A week after The New York Times and The New Yorker ran back - to - back reports cataloguing Harvey Weinstein's alleged serial sexual harassment of women in Hollywood, actress Selma Blair saw a story on HuffPost about writer and director James Toback's new film that made her blood run cold.

In light of the devastating New York Times report Thursday that chronicled Weinstein's alleged long history of sexual harassment, he was fired from TWC on Sunday evening.

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.

This week, The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) announced that it had filed a human rights complaint against Canadian mainstay Air Canada, alleging «systemic discrimination and harassment» against its members.

On the same afternoon that NPR's David Folkenflik was to release his scoop on Los Angeles Times publisher Ross Levinsohn's alleged history of workplace harassment, Levinsohn himself delivered a manifesto of sorts on Tronc's...

One of the women employees alleging harassment, Debra Perry, says in her complaint a male supervisor had «touched her inappropriately on several occasions, such as touching her side or rubbing her arm.

Kleiner Perkins partner Ellen Pao has unleashed one of Silicon Valley's juiciest lawsuits in recent memory, alleging discrimination, harassment, and even an out - of - the - box solution to her woes proposed by a colleague: marriage to her harasser.

James Corden, a British comedian who hosts the Late, Late Show ran into this reality, last Friday night, after joking about Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual harassment and rape of dozens of women.

This is extremely concerning because the definition of harassment relies largely on the perception of the person who claims they were harassed: all they need do is allege that someone has «violated their dignity» or that someone created a «hostile or insulting environment» for them, and they can take legal action.

One of the women alleging harassment has another theory: Cuban turned a blind eye as long as revenue came in.

New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman filed a civil suit against the company and its founders, alleging years of harassment and intimidation.

The news came just hours after former U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White released the findings of her independent investigation into alleged sexual harassment at the college by Prof. Florian Jaeger.

Soon - to - be-former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak's resignation in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations may end an Ethics Committee investigation, but doesn't rule out a JCOPE probe or his alleged victims» civil suits against him.

Weinstein told The NY Post he «bears responsibility» for his past bad behavior, but also blasted the New York Times for «reckless reporting» in its bombshell piece alleging he subjected women to decades of sexual harassment.

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Time's Up — an initiative and legal defense fund fighting sexual harassment and gender inequality — has called on Cuomo to open an investigation of Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance and his office after a story in New York Magazine revealed the alleged mishandling handling of a Harvey Weinstein sexual assault case.

If you have some connection to the online organizing tool NationBuilder, you probably got the email printed below, which alleges «harassment» of the company's political customers by rival NGP VAN.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's office is hitting back at an explosive New York Magazine report claiming that it failed to prosecute Harvey Weinstein in 2015 for alleged sexual harassment because of the indie mogul's political connections.

The justice department lawsuit alleges a longstanding pattern and practice of sexual harassment from landlord Doug Waterbury, who owns about 50 rental properties in Oswego County and the Sterling Renaissance Festival, Sylvan Beach Amusement Park and Santa's Workshop in North Pole.

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was fired from the studio he co-founded after a wave of employees and actresses, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, alleged sexual harassment and assault in explosive back - to - back reports in The New York Times and The New Yorker.

SUNDAY Politico alleges two women received financial settlements after complaining of sexual harassment by Herman Cain while he was CEO of the National Restaurant Association.

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.

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

All but five of the cases were brought by women alleging «gender discrimination, discrimination based on sexual orientation, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, and / or sexual assault,» according to the records obtained under the state Freedom of Information Law.

The lawmakers, who sat under a canopy armed with several placards with different inscriptions such as «we are ready for arrest», «harassing Ekiti lawmakers / government won't give you 2018,» «No matter your media trial and blackmail, on Fayose we stand» and «leave Fayose alone» among others to denounce the federal government's alleged intimidation and harassment of the governor.