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Hostile Work Environment in Hollywood: When Sexual Harassment Becomes Part of the Job Culture
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'...
When Fans Become a Workplace Hazard: Employer Responsibility for Third-Party Sexual Harassment
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 HR Protects the Hospital: Employer Liability for Ignoring Sexual Harassment Complaints in Healthcare
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...
Teaching Hospitals and Toxic Training: Sexual Harassment in Medical Residencies and Fellowships
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...
When Patients Cross the Line: Employer Responsibility for Patient-on-Employee Sexual Harassment
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...
Power in the Cap Table: When Startup Founders Create a Hostile Work Environment
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....
Interns, Assistants, and Entry-Level Workers: Protecting Young Professionals from Sexual Harassment in Entertainment
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...
Scheduling as Retaliation: When Retail Managers Cut Hours After a Sexual Harassment Complaint
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...
The Slack Screenshot That Changed Everything: Preserving Digital Evidence in Sexual Harassment Cases
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...
