If a colleague or supervisor has sexually harassed you, going to work may feel unbearable. You may want to speak up but feel afraid to do so because of the potential for retaliation. Yet, it's important you know how, especially if their behavior does not stop. What...
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Sexual Harassment
What types of behavior constitute sexual harassment at work?
In recent years, the prevalence of workplace sexual harassment has been pulled into the spotlight. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received 7,609 charges of sexual harassment in 2018, a 13.6% jump from the year prior. It’s an increase the...
Many harassment victims find their harassers remain at work
A new study looking at a decades-worth of harassment arbitration awards finds that in nearly half of those cases, employers failed to uphold their original punishment against the accused harassers, such as firing. The study, conducted by the Hofstra Labor &...
What are some subtle forms of workplace sexual harassment?
Just over two years ago, the #Metoo movement swept social media and several high-profile cases workplace sexual assault and harassment filled the headlines. When several popular television hosts like Matt Lauer, Bill O’Reilly and Charlie Rose all were dismissed...
Sexual harassment victims often face retaliation, termination
Sexual harassment in the workplace can take on any number of different forms, but if you are like many other victims of this type of behavior, you may have decided not to report it. Maybe you had fears about how your supervisors and colleagues would react to your...
Tips for preventing sexual harassment in the workplace
Sexual harassment in the workplace has been going on for decades. Though there are numerous state and federal laws in addition to employer policies to prevent it, the unlawful behavior still prevails in many Milwaukee job environments. Now that celebrities and...