Many cases of workplace sexual harassment involve quid pro quo harassment. A manager or someone else in a position of authority threatens a worker with employment consequences or promises them job-related benefits for submitting to their romantic or sexual demands....
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Peer-Sourced Retaliation: When the Boss Turns the Whole Team Against You
When most people think of workplace retaliation, they picture dramatic actions like termination, demotion, or a sudden pay cut. While those are clear examples, retaliation does not always come in such obvious forms. In many workplaces, it is quieter — embedded in...
Does Persistent Flirting Equal Harassment?
Flirting at work can be common, but when does it cross the line into harassment? Harassment can take on many different forms. While it is most identifiable as physical touch, the range of harassment makes it difficult to differentiate unproblematic behaviour and...
How Long Can You Wait to Sue for Workplace Harassment? Understanding the Deadlines and Your Legal Rights
Workplace harassment occurs in situations where the social environment of the workplace becomes intolerable because the harassment, whether verbal, physical, or visual, communicates an offensive message to the harassed employee. Harassment is prohibited under both...
What counts as sexual harassment in the office?
Sexual harassment should not be tolerated in any form. However, it becomes even harder to navigate when the sexual harassment is being conducted by those in your workplace. All employees need to understand sexual harassment to be able to recognize harassment when it...
The Role of HR: Friend or Foe in Harassment Cases?
by Brooke Lum The purpose of a human resources team is to present itself as a neutral party to solve workplace problems and provide helpful resources to the workplace team. In harassment cases, the role of HR can feel unclear due to the question of HR’s priority being...
The Digital Grey Zone: Navigating Sexual Harassment in a Remote-First World
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced workplaces to adapt to remote work. This digital era of professionalism has led to a rise of remote and hybrid workplaces that allow employees to work from home rather than in a physical office setting. While this allows for...
Third-party sexual harassment at Los Angeles workplaces
Sometimes, a hostile work environment does not come from crude comments from a boss or a coworker, but from the very people you are hired to help, like customers or suppliers. But even in this case, your employer has a strict obligation by law to shield you from...
High-Profile Sexual Harassment Lawsuits in Los Angeles: What They Teach Us
Los Angeles, the heart of entertainment, tech, and creative industries, has seen some of the most public and powerful sexual harassment lawsuits in the U.S. These cases have exposed long-standing workplace abuses and inspired both legal reform and cultural change. But...
Wrongful Termination After Reporting Harassment in Los Angeles: Your Legal Remedies
Getting fired after reporting sexual harassment is more than unfair — in Los Angeles, it can be illegal. California law strictly prohibits employers from retaliating against workers who report harassment or participate in investigations. If you’ve been let go for...
