Threatened Men More Likely to Sexual Harassment Women WASHINGTON, D.C. = In the last 20 years, sex discrimination claims made to the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the EEOC) are up about 10%. Yes, surely, part of the rise is likely due to increased reporting, however these numbers are also the result of changing gender dynamics in… Read more »
Things are a bit fishy at Washington’s DFW OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife is under fire for perpetuating a culture of sexual harassment and gender discrimination. An investigation into the department conducted by an independent law group found that the department fostered a sexual culture that often left women marginalized… Read more »
Taylor Swift: sexual harassment testimony DENVER, CO – It makes sense that Taylor Swift is now being hailed as a hero for her testimony this week in the trial involving radio DJ David Mueller who sexually harassed her in 2013. Swift’s bravery and persistence in this lawsuit is a reminder to the world that victim blaming… Read more »
SOFI? More like so Rude SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Another tech firm is being sued amidst claims that the company refused to address its employee’s complaints of sexual harassment. However, this story has a twist as a male employee is suing the major tech firm because it retaliated against him for reporting instances of sexual… Read more »
Religious Discrimination: The “Fight” Against Mandatory Flu Vaccines Judge Max Cogburn Jr., a North Carolina federal judge, is allowing an interesting religious discrimination case to continue to trial. The case involved Mission Hospital Inc., a hospital that discriminated against three workers by firing them after denying them religious exemptions from its flu shot. On August… Read more »
Racial discrimination in law enforcement surprises…no one WHITLEY, INDIANA – After being terminated by the Whitley County Sheriff’s department, a former Sheriff’s deputy brought a charge of racial discrimination against the department. A Chicago Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling which granted the Sheriff’s department’s motion for summary judgment, denying the sheriff’s deputy’s… Read more »
Pregnancy Discrimination in 2017 NEW JERSEY – It’s 2017, so why do we still discriminate against pregnant women at work? Pregnancy discrimination involves treating female applicants or employees unfavorably because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth. Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act almost 40 years ago to ensure that… Read more »
Google’s “Man-ifesto” Against Women in Tech Mountain View, CA – Silicon Valley is in the news for gender discrimination once more. A male engineer at Google wrote a 3,300-word manifesto arguing that women aren’t suited for tech jobs for “biological” reasons and that the gender pay gap is a myth. Yes, this is 2017. The document… Read more »
America’s National Parks: Great place to visit but not a great place to work. WYOMING – The image of the National Park Service and the U.S. Interior Department may forever be tarnished due to recent reports of sexual harassment, bullying and other unlawful misconduct. Between 2010 and 2016, as many as 10 workers in Yellowstone National… Read more »
Christian Ott not sexually harass students PASADENA, CA – Christian Ott, an astrophysics professor from the California Institute of Technology, has recently resigned after allegations of sexual harassment. Two students accused Ott of falling in love with them and then terminating in retaliation when they did not have the same feelings. Ott turned in his… Read more »
