Your employer is required to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment from occurring in the workplace and to promptly remedy the effects
of sexual harassment in the workplace when it occurs.
QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about Governor Andrew Cuomo's multi-pronged agenda that
targets sexual harassment in the workplace: «A settlement should not compel silence in perpetuity and preclude further accountability for harassers enabled by that very silence.
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said Tuesday she wants to make sure enforcement of rules
governing sexual harassment in the workplace is adequate in the wake of allegations surrounding ex-CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi.
What
constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace varies, but as theAAUW notes, it includes behaviors like «unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, direct or indirect threats or bribes for sexual activity, sexual innuendos and comments, sexually suggestive jokes, unwelcome touching or brushing against a person,» among others.
«Uber refused to address the situation or investigate the driver responsible... Since then, Uber's national scandals regarding the New York taxi strike and
now sexual harassment in the workplace have only confirmed that this company has an unacceptable way of treating its customers and even employees.»
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday released a package of measures designed to
curtail sexual harassment in the workplace that include a uniform policy for state government employees, a ban on taxpayer funds for settlements related to sexual assault and harassment and require the disclosure from public and some private entities of harassment - related settlements.
There are other aspects to the governor's Women's Equality Act, including stopping pregnancy discrimination;
eliminating sexual harassment in all workplaces; further protecting domestic violence victims; and strengthening human trafficking laws.
«With this proposal, we can enhance fairness and protections for victims and survivors of
sexual harassment in the workplace while helping to ensure that no one has to ever say the words «Me Too,» ever again,» Cuomo said in a statement.
More women now than ever are feeling emboldened to raise their voices and fight for the issues that matter most to them,
like sexual harassment in the workplace, paid leave, gender equality, domestic violence, health and safety to name a few.
This intelligent and comprehensive documentary not only conveys the genuine nature of Hill herself, but also recreates the national sensibility of the time, an era
when sexual harassment in the workplace was not yet a national concern.