Sexual Harassment

If you are a woman who has worked in food or drink service, you’ve probably had to deal with sexual harassment. Many male servers have experienced the same, but women definitely bear the brunt. Unfortunately, the wage structure that most employers use means many...

Everyone deserves a safe and dignified workplace. Unfortunately, despite years of sensitization and countless state and federal legislation, sexual harassment remains one of the major problems in most California workplaces.  While most sexual harassment incidents are...

Attitudes are changing, and more people than ever feel free to challenge conventional notions of gender identity and gender expression. Unfortunately, bigotry dies hard. Discimination, even in the workplace, is a very real possibility for transgender people,...

Despite the existence of entire television shows centered around office dating relationships, some businesses will prohibit dating between employees. Even if it is not prohibited, it may be frowned upon. The reason that is often given is that the employer is worried...

Sexual harassment isn't always about flirtation or a supervisor soliciting you. Sometimes the sexual harassment a worker experiences on the job involves a hostile work environment. A significant number of their co-workers are cruel or exclusionary to them. They never...

One thing that you find when sexual harassment begins to come to light is that people may not have reported it as often as you would’ve assumed. Perhaps the person who is finally making that report has actually been dealing with it for years and just now decided to...

You have the right to report to your place of work every morning without the fear of being sexually harassed. In fact, both state and federal laws require employers to protect their employees from all forms of harassment—including sexual harassment. If you are a...

There are certainly cases in which sexual harassment does have to do with an attraction between the two parties – or at least a one-way attraction. For example, a CEO may be attracted to his secretary and make inappropriate comments based on that. But, in a lot of...

Sexual harassment at the workplace is an abuse of power meant to intimidate and discriminate. Many people’s careers have been derailed by the trauma that comes with it, especially those who have had to quit their jobs. It may be challenging to determine what...

Sexual harassment can take many forms, and many involve no physical touch whatsoever. In fact, when physical contact does occur, it often heads into the territory of sexual assault, which then becomes a criminal matter rather than a civil one. What are some...