Sex discrimination issues : sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, parental leave, fetal protection policies, wage discrimination : employment discrimination ... Act of 1964, as amended and the Equal Pay...
It is the patriarchal mentality that holds women accountable for the mistakes of men. Three years ago, a number of bloggers on their way back home after celebrating Eid el-Fitr in downtown Cairo, saw a group of men standing around Talaat Harb Street, harassing every woman passing by, including those wearing the full-veil, or niqab! The [...]
A former employee has sued the Houston Humane Society's shelter director for sexual harassment. Lauren Valverde's lawsuit also names the non-profit itself, saying HHS did nothing to...
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A Vietnamese former employee at Williams Mullen, a large law firm based in Richmond, Virginia, has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against the firm, accusing it of discrimination and sexual harassment. The lawsuit states that Robert Eicher, a partner at Williams Mullen, “repeatedly engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviors and made ethnic slurs. Shortly after (Hanh [...]
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Sally Gibbs, former CEO of Munster’s Medical Specialists Centers of Indiana, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company’s current CEO, Dr. Alex Stemer. Gibbs has accused Alex Stemer of making unwanted sexual advances and then firing her after she refused his advances. Gibbs claims that Stemer made frequent unwelcome sexual remarks the entire time she [...]
Is it sexual harassment if the victim doesn't speak the language in question? Probably so. It takes about five seconds to plug " irrumabo vos, et pedicabo vos " into Google, and come up with something along the lines of " I will bugger you and face-fuck you ." A young woman found this out after contacting hedge fund boss (and noted Classics scholar) Mark Lowe and asking him to...
Mary S. sent in a link to a post at Jezebel about a Method soap video in favor of labeling cleaning products: As Hortense at Jezebel says, I understand the point of the commercial: you’ll pay the price if you don’t know what kinds of chemicals you’re spraying in your house. But I’m really tired of the “advocacy” that relies upon humiliating women to push a point...
KollamMinor girl alleges sexual harassment Police say three men will be arrested soonThey had allegedly threatenedher mother KOLLAM: A 12-year-old girl has lodged a complaint with K. Ramachandran, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kollam, that she had been sexually harassed by three men at Paravur for a long period of time.Though her mother was aware of the harassment, she did not complain because the...
The University of Chicago Law Schoo (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Scholars, particularly economists, are of two minds when it comes to employment regulations aimed at protecting vulnerable groups. The goal behind these laws, of course, is to equalize the status of groups seen as vulnerable to economic discrimination, such as...
During a joint hearing yesterday, the City Council's Transportation, Women's Issues, and Public Safety committees concluded that sexual harassment is the "number one quality of life offense on the subway." Some patterns emerged in the discussion of the problem; for example, it seems rush hours are the most popular time to sexually harass. And, The Times says: The average perpetrator is a...
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Helen Green, president and business agent of the Las Vegas Teamsters union office, filed a lawsuit against Teamsters Local 995, Teamsters Joint Council 42 and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for being “subjected to sexual discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation during her employment both as President and as a business agent.” Green alleges that her boss, [...]
Photograph by Dave Surgan on Flickr Today, NYPD Chief James P. Hall, who heads the department's Transit Bureau, told the City Council that sexual harassment was the "No. 1 quality of life offense on the subway," according to City Room . Hall added , "This should not be a part of commuting in New York. t's an under-reported crime." (Nothing, unfortunately, new there. ) Some stats:...
Three City Council committees -- on transportation, women's issues and public safety -- held a joint hearing on sexual harassment and assault in the subways.
The Young Professional Blogs Aggregator (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
In late September, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against New Orleans-based school bus provider Berry Services Inc. for retaliating against employees who complained about sexual harassment. The owner of Berry Services, Milton Berry, has been accused of sexual harassment by at least three female employees during 2003-2007. One of the alleged victims, Lakisha Baker, claims that Berry [...]
English Russia -- Exclaiming Against Sexual Harassment The makers of the protest turned out to be no one but volunteers of women’s movement “Femen”. Not so long ago they conducted a protest, also in Kiev, against such a groundless and rootless flackery for swine flu epidemy in Ukraine. Since then they have already made their name as a provocative and out-of-line group of adolescent...
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