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Missouri, like the federal government, prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace. Missouri encapsulates its anti-harassment laws in the Missouri Human Rights Act. The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations enforces all the terms of the MHRA, including sexual harassment. The MHRA is a broadly drafted law that: lays out who is bound by its provisions, the prohibited conduct and…
In spite of the focus that has been placed on the issue of sexual harassment in recent years, it is a topic that still generates a number of myths. For example, there is a belief that sexual harassment is merely flirting and as such does not need to be taken too seriously. But flirting is a consensual reciprocal action between two…
Everyone can generally recognize sexual harassment in the workplace. There are some gray areas such as borderline jokes or casual conversations while at work. It is easy to cross the line however these intuitions do not mean much without some hard numbers to really understand the scope of the problem. Is it really as prevalent as the media says it…
Sexual harassment is an insidious action. It is designed to make an employee feel helpless to neutralize them as a threat and allow the harasser to take advantage. No matter what your attacker may say to you, you always have rights. No one can silence you. The problem with sexual harassment lawsuits is that they deal in subjects that people…
Voters like to imagine that elected leaders are held to a higher standard. However, Missouri residents were awoken to yet another sexual scandal except this one was close to home. As you may be aware, the former Speaker of the House resigned several months ago. The resignation came after the former speaker admitted that he exchanged texts of a sexual…
It is a sad fact that many workers throughout Missouri endure mistreatment at work or other unacceptable working conditions. Furthermore, many do not realize that they have the right to stand up for themselves and challenge this unfair treatment. Others feel too intimidated or distressed and are unsure how the matter can be resolved in their favor. This is often…
Many employees in Missouri have encountered some form of discrimination or harassment at some point during their working lives. It is a sad fact that some people allow their personal feelings to get in the way of their work, to the extent that they create a hostile and unpleasant working environment for the people with whom they have a problem.…
Throughout Missouri, many employees endure mistreatment at work, in the form of discrimination, abuse or sexual harassment. Yet, they are afraid of losing their jobs if they complain. No one should have to put up with a hostile work environment, but it can be hard to know whom to turn to or how to confront the problem. You may even worry…
In Missouri, it is not uncommon for workers to give their all for their job. Yet, no matter how hard working and diligent you are, there is still a chance that you could be treated poorly and without due respect. There are many ways this can happen, but one common and unpleasant form of workplace mistreatment is sexual harassment. Regardless…
In Missouri, all too many employees know how unpleasant it can be to experience ill treatment at work. Sadly, it is something that happens every day to countless people throughout the state and, indeed, the rest of the U.S. as well. Unfair treatment at work can take many forms, but particularly common and unpleasant form is sexual harassment. Not only…