Harassment

In California, employers with 50 or more full-time, part-time, or temporary employees or independent contractors must provide sexual harassment prevention training regularly to their supervisors. The objectives of this training are: (a) to assist employers in changing...

California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (the "FEHA") prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace. Notably, the California legislature amended the FEHA in 2014 so that it now states as follows: "Sexually harassing conduct need not be motivated by sexual desire."...

According to The San Francisco Chronicle, in an article today entitled "UC Berkeley suspends professor after 'pattern of sexual harassment,'" Professor Nezar AlSayyad, a renowned architecture professor, has been suspended without pay "for sexually harassing a graduate...

Under California law, not only is sexual harassment unlawful, but other forms of harassment are unlawful as well, including harassment based on one's disability. Last month, in Caldera v. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 25 Cal.App.5th 31 (2018), the...

According to a recent Forbes magazine article entitled "Sexual Harassment and the 'Win at All Costs' Mentality of the Silicon Valley:" "Silicon Valley and, in truth, much of the startup world - particularly the tech sector - have been dealing with their dirty little...

According to The National Law Review, Congress recently passed the 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, which prohibits employers from taking tax deductions for any settlement payments relating to sexual harassment or sexual abuse if the settlement payments are subject to a...

According to The Guardian, voters in two Southern California cities - Long Beach and Ranchos Palos Verdes - may be asked this November whether hotels should provide panic buttons to housekeepers. The measure is an attempt to protect housekeepers from sexual assault...