Sentences with phrase «who allege sexual harassment»

The disguised threat letter seems just to be a new version of the old practice, familiar to many long - in - the - tooth lawyers, of paying those who allege sexual harassment to keep quiet about it.

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.

Not exact matches

Lawless represented AJ Vandermeyden, a woman and engineer who sued Tesla alleging sexual harassment and gender discrimination, who was soon thereafter fired by the company.

Loretta Lee, a software engineer who worked at the company from 2008 until she was fired in 2016, filed suit alleging sexual harassment and gender discrimination.

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.

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.

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.

Maziarz is alleged to have funneled funds through his own election campaign and the Niagara County Republican Committee to make secret payments to a former senate staffer who left his post amid sexual harassment claims.

The board of directors of Las Vegas - based Wynn Resorts is facing mounting lawsuits from shareholders — including the NYS pension fund — who allege they breached their fiduciary duties when they ignored what has been described as a longstanding pattern of sexual abuse and harassment by the company's founder, Steve Wynn.

The case brought by Schneiderman alleged two political committees he ostensibly controlled — his own Senate campaign and the Niagara County Republican Committee — steered money to an ex-Maziarz staffer who left the state payroll amid charges of sexual harassment.

Reacting on Tuesday, the spokesperson for the Zone 2 Police Command, SP Dolapo Badmus, said she had contacted the Commissioner of Police in Kwara who assured her that necessary actions would be taken over the alleged sexual harassment.

A day after being criticized for her reaction to political journalist and NBC News contributor Mark Halperin's alleged sexual harassment of female colleagues, «Morning Joe» cohost Mika Brzezinski issued a lengthy statement about the embattled journalist who was a fixture on her show, saying we are «witnessing a larger movement of women speaking up about sexual harassment because the fear of being dismissed or not believed is melting away.»

For those who need reminding, Silver swept sexual harassment, alleged assault and even alleged rape under the rug while using taxpayer money to gag women with nondisclosure agreements so they couldn't fight back when their assailants called them liars in the press.

New York's GOP Chair Ed Cox says it's the Assembly Democrats who are engaging in a «war on women», after Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez was censured for sexual harassment, and it was revealed that the Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had authorized a previous secret settlement against two other alleged Lopez victims.

Samantha, who asked for her last name to be omitted, told a local CBS affiliate in Las Vegas that she reported her sexual harassment complaints to a mid-level staffer at the DCCC in April 2016, alleging that Kihuen, then a congressional candidate, repeatedly harassed and made sexual advances toward her.

The attorney general alleges Maziarz used a «pass - through scheme» that directed money from his Senate campaign account and the Niagara County GOP to make «secret campaign payments» to a former Senate staff who left the state payroll in the midst of a sexual harassment case.

The woman who accused Rep. Ruben Kihuen (D., Nev.) of sexual harassment says she provided the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee with information about the congressman's alleged misconduct well over a year before recently sharing her story with BuzzFeed News, but her complaints were never addressed.

The second set of proceedings in less than a week come after Governor Andrew Cuomo, among others, called on the ethics panel to investigate a sexual harassment scandal that centered on Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who was censured by an assembly committee over alleged sexual harassment charges.

Sheldon Silver has hired Bettina Plevan, who once represented the owner of Penthouse magazine, to handle a lawsuit alleging he mishandled the Vito Lopez sexual harassment accusations.

I thought Washington, who already has two Oscars to his credit, might just shade it for his turn as a bombastic Pittsburgh bin - man in Fences, especially given the unwelcome publicity Casey Affleck has received over two cases of alleged sexual harassment.

In addition to the «Me Too» movement, Milano penned an op - ed for Patriot Not Patriotism in response to the numerous allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Harvey Weinstein, including Milano's Charmed co-star, Rose McGowan, who alleges that the movie mogul raped her.

Even putting aside the fact that Terrence Howard, who has a history of alleged domestic abuse and sexual harassment, seems to have his history swept under the rug with each subsequent season of Empire, it's equally odd that a soap opera — which largely appeals to women and gay men, if we're keeping it real — keeps putting a character front and center who's misogynistic, homophobic, and the embodiment of toxic masculinity.

HBO has acted more decisively against alleged harassers and abusers in the recent past; before Louis CK admitted to sexual misconduct, the network cut ties with the Lucky Louie creator, and also nixed plans for a miniseries with Mark Halperin, who was fired by NBC News after five women accused him of sexual harassment.

The former co-publisher of Artforum, Knight Landesman, has filed a motion in a New York court to dismiss a suit brought by former Artforum employee Amanda Schmitt who alleges that Landesman subjected her to sexual harassment throughout and after her time at the magazine.

The number of female former employees who have charged Carl Greene with mistreatment has risen to a total of six as another woman filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment.

A substantial number of people who have reported alleged sexual harassment in the workplace have faced retaliation by their employers, ranging from reduced hours to termination.

Anger - Kraavi v University of Cambridge Harini represented in the Employment Tribunal a senior woman academic who brought claims of victimisation alleging that the University had not abided by the promises made in the settlement agreement for her first case, in which she had brought claims of equal pay, sexual harassment, unfair dismissal and sex discrimination.

Virtual reality company Magic Leap has settled a sexual discrimination lawsuit with former executive Tannen Campbell who alleged executives ignored and brushed aside persistent issues with sexual harassment and bullying among male employees at the company.