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In 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received more than 7,500 complaints of sexual harassment. The scary part is that this is just a fraction of the sexual harassment that takes place in work settings around the country. When most of us think about sexual harassment, we think about a male employee making […]

Tech companies like Uber attract bright, young, and energetic talent, especially when these companies enter into traditionally-run industries. The management of such companies establish forward-thinking organizational strategies and assume those strategies will illuminate all management problems of the past. Unfortunately, issues such as sexual harassment and discrimination are still prominent in the workplace today. On

News stories about assault and harassment victims exposing serial sexual harassers like Harvey Weinstein have been covered in major media sources all over the world. The career-threatening backlash that many of these accused parties now face serves as a warning to others. However, the stories in the media can be easily misinterpreted and can cause

In recent months, the media has shone a spotlight on sexual harassment in the workplace, especially in the film and media industry and even in Congress. Consequently, working men throughout the country have been feeling uneasy, trying to remember if they ever crossed a professional boundary in this regard. Others claim that sexual harassment laws

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December 15, 2017 The tidal wave of men in Hollywood, Congress and the media losing their jobs after allegations of sexual harassment has spurred many men in much less lofty positions to worry about their own pasts. Across the country, mid-level managers are racking their brains, rereading their old emails and checking their text message histories to see

You may not have to stretch your imagination very far to picture this: your work has become a living nightmare due to your boss’s persistent unwanted sexual advances. You’ve told him to stop countless times, but he won’t. You’ve filed a complaint with human resources, as required by your company’s policy, but nothing changed. Now

December 7, 2017 Sexual harassment lawyer Tom Spiggle can look out across the Potomac River and see where the easy court cases are. Only a bridge separates his Arlington, Virginia, headquarters — located in a state with no sexual harassment law — and the District of Columbia, which has a “Human Rights Act” that goes

November 30, 2017 Victims of sexual harassment are no longer staying silent. The recent wave of allegations against popular figures such as former “Today Show” anchor Matt Lauer, radio host Garrison Keillor and Congressman John Conyers has shown a sea change in how the United States addresses this issue. But while more victims are speaking