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A Michigan federal jury decided that O’Reilly Auto Enterprises LLC must pay nearly $3 million to a district manager who reported sexual harassment and then was fired. The jury found that Jeremiah Glowacki’s termination violated both federal and state law. The verdict...
Even managers who have undergone extensive training regarding what kind of behavior is and isn’t acceptable may not realize that employers can be held liable if one employee harasses another outside the workplace, even in a non-work-related setting, and they do...
Unwelcome sexual advances can make your job unbearable. It can be even more distressing if they are coming from your superior, someone with the power to affect the direction of your career. Sexual harassment is prohibited by both federal and state laws, although it...
A new federal law has ended the ability of employers to require employees to use arbitration to settle claims of sexual abuse or harassment. This law, called the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, passed with bipartisan...
Racial and sexual harassment remain pervasive in the workplace. There seems to be an infinite amount of these incidents of boorish, repugnant and illegal behavior as federal, state and local judges continue to hear case after case. Recently, a U.S. appeals court in...
Transgender employees (and students) continue to face uphill challenges in fair treatment in work and education environments. Now, the latest attack – a legal one – against transgender workers and students comes from the attorneys general of 20 Republican-led states....
Incidents of workplace sexual harassment never seem to go away. As long as harassers continue to believe such unlawful and demeaning behavior is acceptable, sexual harassment will continue to occur at any work environment. However, such behavior, eventually, catches...
A fall trial date is expected in the case of a former Ford factory worker who claims she was sexually harassed on the job leading to anxiety, depression as well as physical ailments. The lawsuit against Ford has roots in 2016 involved a female employee who worked...
A University of Michigan computer science professor intends to resign after sexual harassment allegations surfaced regarding his behavior with many female graduate students at off-site conferences, on-campus and off-campus. The case of Prof. Walter Lasecki not only...
Proposed legislation in Michigan would publicly disclose the names of state lawmakers implicated in sexual harassment settlements. In addition, the bipartisan legislation sponsored by Reps. Steve Johnson (R-Wayland) and Abraham Aiyash (D-Hamtramck) would reveal the...