Coaches play an important role in school and university athletic programs. Athletes may spend significant amounts of time training with their coaches and rely on them for guidance, development, and access to future opportunities. This relationship also gives coaches...
When Entertainment Workplace Culture Crosses a Legal Line Entertainment workplaces rarely look like traditional nine-to-five offices. Film and television productions may involve long days on set, overnight shoots, travel, temporary crews, production trailers, writers'...
The entertainment industry requires employees to interact with people outside their organization. Actors meet fans at premieres and conventions, musicians interact with concert attendees and sponsors, and production employees work with vendors, clients, and event...
When a healthcare employer ignores a sexual harassment complaint, conducts a rushed investigation, or protects a high-earning physician at the expense of a lower-level employee, the consequences can be serious. Employees have options when HR fails to respond, they...
For physicians pursuing a medical residency or fellowship, training takes place within a highly structured environment where higher-ups can have significant influence over a trainee’s professional future. Evaluations, recommendations, assignments, and career...
Healthcare workers are expected to provide professional care, even in challenging circumstances. But what happens when a patient or visitor directs sexually inappropriate behavior toward a nurse, physician, technician, aide, or other healthcare employee? Sexual...
Startup culture is often built around speed, innovation, and close collaboration. In an early-stage company, employees may work directly with founders and executives on a daily basis, with fewer layers of management separating leadership from the rest of the team....
Breaking into the entertainment industry can be exciting, but for interns, assistants, production assistants, apprentices, and other early-career professionals, it can also mean entering a workplace with significant power imbalances. A newcomer may depend on a...
Employees who report sexual harassment in the workplace are protected from retaliation under California employment law. These protections are intended to ensure that workers can speak up about unlawful workplace conduct without fearing punishment, discrimination, or...
A screenshot of a Slack conversation can capture more than just the words exchanged. It may preserve the sender’s identity, the date and time of communication, the surrounding conversation, and other details that help place the message in context. In a workplace...