Sentences with phrase «of claims of sexual harassment»

Mayor Bill de Blasio said last week he thinks it's a «great idea» to have the government force private companies that do business with the city to disclose the number of claims of sexual harassment against their employees.

The claimant brought a personal injury claim alleging that his employer had breached its duty of care towards him and / or had breached his employment contract which had caused his illness (depression) in its handling of a claim of sexual harassment against him.

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.

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

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.»

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.

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.

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.

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.

The blanket use of confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in contracts addressing sexual harassment claims has created a culture of secrecy, permitting perpetrators to muzzle their victims and to continue engaging in misconduct.

The company has been saddled with claims of sexual harassment from former employees, and its CEO has suffered a meltdown during a heated exchange with an Uber driver.

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

McGowan was one of the people named in the recent New York Times exposé about Weinstein's sexual harassment claims and is reported to have reached a settlement with the film producer.

Benchmark argues that it never would have granted Kalanick those three extra seats had it known about his «gross mismanagement and other misconduct at Uber» — which Benchmark claims included «pervasive gender discrimination and sexual harassment,» and the existence of confidential findings (a.k.a..

The Times seemed the right place for such a gathering: The Newspaper of Record was soon to be awarded three Pulitzer Prizes on April 16, one for public service that it shared with The New Yorker for documenting stories of sexual harassment from multiple women who claimed they were abused by disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Uber investors at the end of June ousted CEO Travis Kalanick after months of controversy, including claims that sexual harassment and sexism within the company went unchecked by management.

And more broadly, it claims that there was a pattern of sexual harassment at the firm, saying that at least one other investment partner and three administrative assistants, all women, complained about Mr. Nazre's behavior.

It started with sexual harassment claims, accelerated with verbal barbs, and ended with an unmasked nest of spies.

The sexual harassment and defamation lawsuit claims that Weinstein sabotaged Judd's chance to land a role in the «Lord of the Rings» trilogy after she refused his advances at a breakfast meeting.

Hollywood's wave of sexual harassment claims is even hitting Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN).

Uber also conducted an internal investigation in light of Fowler's accusations, in which it reviewed 215 claims of sexual harassment, discrimination and other complaints.

Company CEO Travis Kalanick's call on Sunday for an internal investigation into a sexual harassment claim by a female engineer is the latest in a litany of controversies that have dogged the largest of unicorns, one with a market value of nearly $ 70 billion and climbing.

Uber, for its part, has tapped Perkins Coie to aid former Attorney General Eric Holder's firm Covington and Burling in its efforts to look into individual claims of sexual harassment and workplace issues.

We have absolutely no tolerance for any form of harassment, including sexual harassment and we promptly investigate all claims that are brought to our attention.»

The growing #MeToo movement and sexual harassment claims against business leaders as well as a growing body of evidence that diversity boosts success and returns have heightened scrutiny of all - male or male - heavy boards.

Claims of groping and sexual harassment occurring during a men - only charity dinner in London have been described as a «wake - up call» for churches that ill - treatment against women can occur anywhere.

It claims the institute «frequently received reports of the sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and inappropriate / unauthorized touching occurring to certain interns, employees, and participants of its programs,» but failed to investigate or report any of it until February 2014.

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Additionally, nearly 37 percent of all sexual harassment claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) arise from the restaurant industry.

ROME: Former Italian football chief Carlo Tavecchio has denied claims of sexual harassment made by a former executive of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) that were published in Italian media on Tuesday.

The two former female legislative aides at the heart of a sexual harassment scandal in the Assembly settled their legal claims against the disgraced former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the recently deposed speaker, Sheldon Silver.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday called sexual harassment a «dirty little secret» that's been largely ignored until the last several months after a range of powerful men have been toppled by claims of abuse and sexual misconduct.

At the same time, the IG would be empowered to review claims of sexual harassment.