Workers of two IHOP eateries in two different cities claimed they were harassed in a sexual manner on the job. They have therefore decided to file a federal sexual harassment suit against the franchises. When employees in the Bay Area and elsewhere experience this...
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Sexual harassment incidents not as frequent as 2 decades ago
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Oct 9, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
According to federal employees, workplace harassment based on sex is not occurring as frequently as it did in the past. However, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board said it is still taking place. Fortunately, employees -- both federal and private-sector workers --...
Sexual harassment suit settled for more than $10 million
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Oct 3, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
Four women at a Ford plant in another state accused the company of allowing a hostile environment in which they were sexually harassed. They thus filed a lawsuit back in 2014. Ford recently agreed to pay as much as over $10 million to settle this lawsuit. Any employee...
Sexual harassment in California federal workplaces
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Sep 14, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
Federal workers around the country are less likely to encounter sexual harassment in the workplace today than they were in the past according to the results of a survey by the Merit Systems Protection Board, but the quasi-judicial independent agency found that...
Physical therapists report high rates of sexual harassment
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Sep 7, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
Physical therapists in California may be likely to face sexual harassment from their patients. In a study that surveyed nearly 900 physical therapists and students, 84 percent reported sexual harassment at work, and nearly half said they had experienced it in the past...
Women say they left Google due to racism and sexism
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Aug 21, 2017 | Racial Discrimination, Sexual Harassment
Google has fired a male employee for writing a memo claiming that women are inherently less qualified to be engineers than men. Since that incident, women of color have begun speaking out about other incidents of alleged racial and sexual discrimination at the...
Male unemployment rates linked to sexual harassment claims
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Aug 16, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
California employees may be interested to learn that, based on an analysis of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Bureau of Labor Statistics data, sexual harassment in the workplace rises when male unemployment rates rise. In fact, sex discrimination claims...
Tesla allegedly fired woman for claiming sexual harassment
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 26, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
Tesla is a California company that wants to shape the future. However, the experiences of some of its female employees appear to be mired in the prejudices of the past. One female employee has filed a lawsuit against the company. She claims that the company fired her...
2 news stories on sexual harassment rock Silicon Valley
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 7, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
For decades, women working in California's tech industry region Silicon Valley have suffered sexual harassment and gender discrimination, with little done to solve the problem. Now, in a dramatic couple of weeks, attitudes toward harassment in this male-dominated...
Appeals court allows man's sexual harassment claim to proceed
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 6, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
Although many people in California tend to associate sexual harassment claims with female employees, the law applies to both genders. A recent case of a male mechanic who allegedly lost his job for declining the sexual advances of a female shareholder in the trucking...