Sexual Harassment

Most news reports about sexual harassment seem to be written about a woman who was harassed. While many instances do involve women, it is important to remember that sexual harassment occurs in both directions, and both genders are protected under the law from the unwanted behavior. A lawsuit was recently filed involving a man who worked for a company called…

Working in a restaurant can be a stressful job. Working in a restaurant often means working busy hours and very late shifts. Not only do they have to deal with everything that can go wrong in the back of the house, but ensuring that the “customer is always right” requires some finesse. Restaurant employees have to put up with a…

The women’s rights movement has made incredible strides over the past few decades, but it does not meant that the struggle is over. For many women, it is an individual struggle in a hostile work environment where they suffer sexual harassment and discrimination on a daily basis. In some employment situations, a woman has to prove herself with higher standards…

A large produce company — a Midwest egg farm — has given up control of the farm due to health issues and accusations of scandal. First there was a salmonella outbreak and then employees allegedly suffered sexual harassment at the hands of management. Employee sexual harassment can occur in many types of situations. Employers are governed under state and federal…

Sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal and often under reported. It is difficult to report sexual harassment due to the stigma sometimes associated with reporting the harassment and also the embarrassment that some victims feel when retelling the incident. Sexual harassment is illegal in Missouri, but for any action to be taken, the victim is must report the incident.…

Sexual harassment at the workplace is an illegal act in Missouri. Employers can be held responsible for sexual harassment or related consequences that happen when the employee is at work. An employer was recently held responsible for the sexual harassment an employee endured in 2009. Although the incident did not occur in Missouri, the facts of the lawsuit have the…

The lawsuit was filed on Feb. 7, 2012 in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas. A female employee who once worked for the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office filed the lawsuit against her former employer, Shawnee County. In the suit, she claims that during her employment she suffered both sexual harassment and gender discrimination. There is not yet a…

Sexual harassment in the workplace is a very serious matter. Such harassment can cause employees to suffer a great deal of harm. Thus, it is very important for employers to take proper steps to ensure that their employees are not subjected to such harassment. A settlement was recently reached in a case involving allegations of workplace sexual harassment. The case…