Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Sexual harassment may include unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors or other verbal and physical harassment of a sexual nature. Nearly half of employed women report that they have been subject to unwelcome sexual advances in the workplace. In a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 48% of female… [Read More]
Why Does Sexual Harassment Persist in the Workplace?
Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination based on sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Although decades have passed since the passage of the law protecting employees against sex discrimination, the number of sexual harassment complaints the EEOC receives every year is staggering. A report by a select task force… [Read More]
Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims
One of the most successful financial start-ups of the last decade, Social Finance (aka SoFi), is now under scrutiny for an age old problem, sexual harassment in the workplace. Like Uber and capital firms such as 500 Startups who have faced similar accusations of sexual harassment, SoFi has been forced to part ways with at… [Read More]
Sexual Orientation Discrimination
A Polk County jury has awarded long-time University of Iowa employee Jane Meyer $1.43 million over the loss of her job as the university’s senior associate athletic director, finding in her favor on claims of gender and sexual orientation discrimination and retaliation. The executive director of the Equal Rights Advocates summed it up saying that… [Read More]
West Des Moines Sex Discrimination | Iowa Employment Law Attorney
There has been a recent development in a high-profile, West Des Moines Sex Discrimination lawsuit. One of three women who filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the City and Police Chief of West Des Moines in May of 2015 has settled with the city for a sum of 30K. As part of the settlement, the… [Read More]
Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
The recent high profile sexual harassment lawsuit settlement agreement between former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson and Fox News’ parent company, 21st Century Fox Corporation, highlights the plight that many working women face everyday at work when confronting sexual harassment by powerful people in their company. Gretchen Carlson said that Roger Ailes, the former Fox… [Read More]
