With the wake of the #MeToo movement, there has been an increased focus on sexual harassment in the workplace. As victims come forward, employers are not only faced with disciplinary action decisions, but also, how to respond to reference checkers when the accused job applicant seeks employment elsewhere. To complicate...
Disturbing drugging and sexual assault allegations follow famed chef Mario Batali after a former employee made new claims against him. A woman who used to work for Batali claims that he drugged and sexually assaulted her at one of his New York City restaurants in a third-floor room labeled the...
Millennials are used to living in the public eye. They have grown up expressing themselves, sometimes through photographs, on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media forums. While older generations might feel over-exposed living their lives in such a public way, it comes as second nature to millennials. However, even for...
Over the past several years, 60 percent of employees let go by tech giant, IBM, were over the age of 40. That is approximately 20,000 employees. Older, experienced workers were replaced by younger workers not commanding such high salaries, while other jobs were shifted abroad. There are laws against what...
The cruelty and sheer numbers of people facing sexual harassment and assault annually in the United States is shocking. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) reports that one out of three women will experience sexual assault in their lives, and the number is one in six for men. Relatively,...
Sexual harassment is in the news every day. What began as a sensationalized story of sexual harassment in the entertainment industry quickly spread into heart-wrenching accounts from every industry. Some of the most recent accounts involve scandalous stories in the publishing industry. Even among prominent authors, including an award-winning novelist,...