Sentences with phrase «sexual harassment does»

It's important to know that sexual harassment doesn't have to involve bosses and employees — it can involve any party in a position of power.

«The pain of sexual harassment doesn't end when the comments and touching are over,» James Urbanic, who is representing Reyes, said in an email to The Verge.

«The Connecticut General Assembly should be a place in which sexual harassment does not exist and a place where strong protections are in place for everyone who enters the Capitol grounds.»

Companies» responsibility for sexual harassment don't stop at the office door.

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

Not exact matches

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.

Lucas says that if a male superior comments on his female employee's wardrobe, for instance, he should make sure that his wording does not verge on sexual 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.

I do believe that the fact that it has become part of the conversation and that so many women have come forward with their experiences of sexual harassment or sexual assault has already made an impact.

«It's not something that's been addressed because it has not come up, and we do not expect it to come up,» she said, hinting that any fallout from the sexual harassment accusations would be lower in the chain of command.

«Let's say there is some sort of harassment issue or sexual misconduct; it doesn't matter if they were great friends in the beginning, at the end it's going to be a nightmare.»

Although the Daniels case doesn't pertain to sexual harassment, business owners should be aware of a new provision under the tax law that limits firms» ability to deduct settlements related to sexual harassment or abuse.

The same headline could work here with a small tweak: women also don't report sexual harassment because they're not dumb.

The chairman and CEO of the cable news network resigned Thursday, exiting with severe damage done to his career and reputation in the wake of multiple reported accusations of sexual harassment by current and former Fox News employees.

You've successfully done the first step in a sexual harassment (or, for that matter, racial, religious or other illegal harassment), which is taking it seriously.

And you should take these complaints seriously even if the employee doesn't come out and directly say the words «sexual harassment.»

And United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz this week told the carrier's over 90,000 employees there was «zero tolerance» for sexual harassment of customers or staff, according to a memo on the airline's website, but he did not specify any extra training.

The incident, coming shortly after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi, a Silicon Valley executive, said via social media that she had been a victim of sexual harassment on an Alaska Airlines flight, highlights a risk to airlines: they need to do more than just respond once an incident goes public and their brand comes under fire.

The Fox News host Tucker Carlson says he has largely avoided covering sexual - harassment allegations against his former colleagues — such as those against the longtime CEO Roger Ailes, host Eric Bolling, and anchor Bill O'Reilly — because he did not have anything to add.

If the employee is told that such behavior is not, in fact, sexual harassment from a legal standpoint, she feels HR didn't do its job, Taylor says.

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.»

Sexual harassment cases can be especially tricky, as HR is responsible for investigating a behavior whose legal definition often doesn't match its conventional one.

«HR did exactly its job, but a lay person's understanding of sexual harassment and what the law is don't match.»

Although 90 percent of companies have a sexual harassment policy in place, more than 1 in 5 still don't offer training to prevent such incidents, according to a report from XpertHR, a human resources consulting firm.

Your sexual harassment policy doesn't go on break when the party starts.

Nearly a year before Ashley Judd publicly called out Harvey Weinstein for sexual harassment, she gave a TED Talk accusing Silicon Valley of not doing enough to stand up to misogynistic cyber-bullying.

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?

What precautions and consequences do you have in place to lower the risk of sexual harassment in the workplace?

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.

Uber's previous VP of engineering, Amit Singhal, resigned after being asked by Kalanick to do so when he learned that Singhal had undisclosed sexual harassment allegations during his stint at Google.

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.

It would require employers to record complaints and investigate them, though critics point out that the bill does not provide a definition of sexual harassment or outline consequences for the accused.

How did Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein prevent allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault from surfacing for so long?

Another law firm, Perkins Coie, did a parallel and ongoing investigation into individual cases of misbehavior — including sexual harassment, bullying and bias — which resulted in 20 firings at Uber this week.

«While these serious allegations against XPO Logistics do not involve Verizon employees, Verizon has zero tolerance for discrimination and sexual harassment, and we expect our suppliers to abide by these standards,» Varettoni said in an emailed statement to USA TODAY.

When Brendan Cox, a British campaigner (and widower of the politician Jo Cox), who had become a media star, was accused of sexual harassment, he felt the need to say that his record «doesn't necessarily mean I'm innately a bad person.»

Laws on sexual harassment and «hate speech» sprout up when people do not share a code of civility.

Indeed, under the First Amendment, we are generally free to want what we like, and say that we want it, as long as we do not illegally take it, or — if what we covet is a person — resort to stalking or sexual harassment.

The sexual - harassment stuff is the disgusting by - product that is shaking people up and making people awake, but I hope we don't stop there.

This has to do with sexual harassment.

From the onset of employment it should be made clear to every employee that sexual harassment is unacceptable in the workplace and that the company does not retaliate against anyone who notifies the company of potential harassment.

As a victim of sexual abuse by my coach who has had to live for decades suffering from the tragic effects of such abuse, I wanted to do something that would change the sports environment to an «athletes first» focus, and create resources and an infrastructure that would provide a safe and positive environment for every athlete, free of abuse, bullying and harassment.

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.

Kellner had argued in his appeal through an attorney that he did not receive his constitutional right to due process, nor did he have sufficient time to respond to the charges of sexual harassment.

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.

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Eliot Spitzer, the former governor - turned - city comptroller candidate, said in a radio interview this morning that he «didn't want to wade into» whether Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver should step down in the wake of the Vito Lopez sexual harassment scandal.

But Kuhl eventually took a pass on the race, as did all the other would - be GOP candidates, Corning Mayor Tom Reed, who announced a challenge to Massa long before the sexual harassment scandal forced him from office, as the lone Row B contender.

«From his work as a trial attorney taking on giant corporations like Wal - Mart on behalf of working people, as well the hundreds of hours he's done in pro-bono work for women who were victims of sexual harassment and abuse.

A investigation into the conduct of Peter Martins, former chief of NYC Ballet and its school, did not corroborate any allegations of sexual harassment or physical abuse that several former dancers and others made against him.