When people think about workplace sexual harassment, they often imagine an employer demanding a quid pro quo or pervasive sexual harassment by a supervisor or coworker. I have written about the legal definition of sexual harassment but one additional issue employees should be aware of is so-called third-party sexual harassment. Employers are legally obligated to […]
Category Archives: Sex Discrimination
What Is Workplace Sexual Harassment?
People are talking about workplace sexual harassment. This is a good thing. People generally agree, thankfully, that sexual harassment is a practice that has no business existing in the modern world, including the modern workplace. But that agreement ends when people start debating what actually constitutes workplace sexual harassment. The law can shed some light. […]
Can Employers Discriminate on the Basis of Sexual Orientation?
Sexual orientation discrimination is still too prevalent. Differing state and federal laws and protections require careful analysis and an experienced attorney to ensure that your rights are properly enforced. Now, not every federal court has reached such a conclusion. In fact, in July of 2017, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals expressly rejected this reading […]