How do you feel when you hear sexual innuendo at work? At the very least, Utah resident Trudy Nycole Anderson didn’t enjoy its presence, filing a federal lawsuit against her employer after her former boss provided a schedule of dress…

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Mini-Skirt Monday: Sexual Innuendo at Work

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One of your responsibilities as an employer is to create a harassment-free work environment. Under federal law, employers are legally responsible if they permit a hostile work environment to persist without taking corrective action. It’s therefore necessary to monitor your…

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How to Prevent a Hostile Work Environment

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What do you do when your child, at the age of 6, gets into a schoolyard fight? It depends

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A Colorado district attorney was recently arrested for exposing himself to his staff (as well as other inappropriate behavior).

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Exposing Self to Staff: Recipe for Harassment

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Personal computers are not the only thing putting Silicon Valley giant Hewlett-Packard in the news these days. The latest headline has nothing to do with computers, as the 53 year-old HP CEO, Mark Hurd, resigned after a sexual harassment claim..

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HP CEO Resigns After Sexual Harassment Claim

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Disclaimer: This is not a post about BP gulf oil spill.

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We’ve come a long way baby, since the days of blaming the victim for inexcusable behavior like sexual harassment. But maybe not quite far enough. Ex-offshore basketball player and model, Otis Duffy,

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Ms. Dee Spears of Texas has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Allergan corporation, the maker of the cosmetic drug Botox,

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According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a hostile work environment is when harassment–including unwelcome comments or conduct based on sex, race, or other legally protected characteristics–unreasonably interferes with an employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com

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What Constitutes a "Hostile Work Environment"?

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