Sexual Harassment Blog – Sexual Harassment in the News
Sexual Harassment in the News
Bostock’s Effect on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Harassment Training and Policies
Today, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia ("Bostock"). This landmark decision holds that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans sexual discrimination, includes sexual orientation and gender identity...
Will California extend SB 1343 deadline for mandatory harassment prevention training again? Doubtful!
If your company has at least five employees, the SB 1343 deadline to provide training to your California workforce is January 1, 2021 (so essentially, end of year 2020). Recently, in light of the pandemic, Connecticut extended its original October 2020 deadline by...
Deadline to comply with SB 1343 sexual harassment training extended
As a sexual harassment prevention trainer who has many California clients, I've been keeping an eye on SB 778. Good news for California companies - it just passed and was signed into law. Some background: effective as of January 1, 2019, SB 1343 required companies of...
SB1343 training: California’s expanded sexual harassment training requirements
It's been quiet on my blog for a long time. But SB 1343 (or SB1343), California's new harassment prevention training law, is so important that I wanted to give my take on it. SB 1343, effective January 1 of 2019, expands the scope of the state’s previous...
New Sexual Harassment Legislation in California
Heads up: California has recently passed several new laws relating to illegal harassment, including sexual harassment. The first is AB 1443, which extends protections against discrimination and harassment in the Fair Employment and Housing Act to unpaid interns and...
My Experience as a SHRM Speaker at the National Conference
Just back from speaking at the SHRM Annual Conference in Orlando, which is essentially SHRM's big international conference. Catherine Mattice of Civility Partners and I presented on "Harassment Versus Bullying and How to Prevent Both." Catherine is a workplace...
Sexual Harassment Reprimand: New York Legislator May Lose Office over Ethics
The New York State Assembly has issued another reprimand to Assemblyman Micah Kellner. The Assembly's ethics committee found that he continued to violate the Assembly's sexual harassment policy. The result is that he will lose his capitol and district offices, as well...
Sexual Harassment and Clothing (or Lack Thereof)
Can clothing - or lack thereof - in the workplace create sexual harassment through a hostile work environment? Absolutely! There are at least two ways that non-uniform attire in the workplace can cause a problem: 1) Wearing items that show too much, particularly...
Harassment and Bullying: Martin and Incognito
I'm honored to have been selected to speak at the National SHRM Conference in June this year in Orlando. The topic is on the differences and similarities between harassment and bullying at work, as well as how to prevent both. My co-presenter is workplace bullying...
Technology meets sexual harassment: animation used in latest harassment suit against former mayor Filner
Yesterday, another city employee sued Bob Filner, former mayor of San Diego, alleging sexual harassment. Allegations by city parks employee Stacy McKenzie alleges that he used the now-famous "Filner headlock" on her, asked her out for a date, and engaged in other...
Shorago Training Services receives the 2013 San Diego Business Award
And now for a little bit of self-promotion. . . . My company, Shorago Training Services, has recently received the 2013 San Diego Business Award in the category of Business Services. Shorago Training Services provides corporate education and seminars in the areas of...
California sexual harassment – SB 292 clarifies intent
As a sexual harassment trainer based in California, I've received several questions about whether SB 292, recently signed into law, changes California's definition of what constitutes sexual harassment. My take on it? SB 292 clarifies California's Fair Employment...