After 20K Employees Protest, Google Searches for New Harassment Policies November 9, 2018 By Arjun Panchadar and Paresh Dave Alphabet Inc.’s Google said on Thursday it would change the way it handles sexual harassment claims, a week after 20,000...
McDonald’s Workers in Several Cities Rally Against Sex Harassment September 20, 2018 By Janet McConnaughey McDonald’s workers staged protests in several cities Tuesday in what organizers billed as the first multistate strike seeking to combat...
Major Hotels Agree to Provide Staff with Panic Buttons to Fight Harassment September 7, 2018 By Makini Brice Major hotel chains including Marriott International Inc and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. said on Thursday they are arming U.S. employees...
Gender, Seniority Key Factors in Workplace Harassment: Hiscox Survey September 5, 2018 More than one-third (35 percent) of employees in the U.S. feel they’ve experienced workplace harassment, and half of them believe...
How Nondisclosure Agreements Protect Bosses Like Weinstein October 19, 2017 By Rebecca Greenfield A first-year associate at a Manhattan law firm brought her complaint of sexual harassment to the managing partner. Her male...
North Dakota Company Settles Racial Discrimination Suit for $250K May 26, 2016 By Blake Nicholson A Williston, N.D.-based oil field service company will pay $250,000 to a worker it fired after he complained of harassment...
Supreme Court Limits Workplace Harassment, Retaliation Claims June 25, 2013 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court put new limits on lawsuits claiming on-the-job harassment, throwing out a case filed by a black...
Workplace Bullying Emerging As Major Employment Liability Battleground March 4, 2013 By Sam Hananel Margaret Fiester is no shrinking violet, but she says working for her former boss was a nightmare. “One day I...