Working in retail often means adapting to changing schedules, sales goals, job duties, and management expectations. But when an employee reports sexual harassment, changes in how a manager treats that employee can become particularly troubling. Suddenly receiving...
Retail workplaces depend heavily on supervisors, store managers, assistant managers, department leads, and other employees with authority over day-to-day operations. These individuals may control schedules, assignments, sales opportunities, breaks, discipline,...
Juvenile detention facilities are intended to provide structure, supervision, education, and rehabilitation for young people who are involved in the juvenile justice system. For minors placed in these facilities, however, the loss of freedom also creates a significant...
Nondisclosure agreements, commonly known as NDAs, are contracts that restrict one or more parties from disclosing certain information. In the workplace, an NDA may appear as a stand-alone agreement or as a confidentiality provision within an employment contract, offer...
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...