When people think about sexual harassment, they often think of women as the victims. However, men have increasingly become victims of workplace sexual harassment as well. What may seem like a crime against women, sexual harassment is seen across genders and industries...
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When too much attention at work becomes harassment
Attention at work is not bad when you feel it is respectful and does not impede your job. If it leaves you feeling uncomfortable or awkward, it may fit into the workplace harassment category. Harassment in the workplace may take many forms and differ depending on the...
Study: Reporting sexual harassment usually results in retaliation
Starting in October 2017, the #MeToo movement compelled the national media to pay attention to sexual harassment in the workplace. For a time, there was substantial coverage of allegations of harassment and other forms of sexual misconduct by powerful, often famous...
When sexual harassment is denied
On behalf of Jay S. Rothman & Associates posted in sexual harassment on Sunday, February 10, 2019. For sexual harassment victims, life can be difficult for various reasons. As if returning to work on a daily basis is not hard enough, some workers who have been...
Sexual harassment a pervasive problem in health care
As someone who makes your living in a California hospital, medical office or similar health care setting, you may have seen for yourself just how common sexual harassment can be in your industry. You may, too, have been a victim of this type of behavior yourself,...
Sexual harassment victims often face termination, retaliation
According to statistics, if you count yourself among the many victims of workplace sexual harassment in California and the United States, you probably are not talking about it. Statistics also indicate that, even if you are calling attention to the unfair treatment...
Signs it is time to leave your job
The prospect of quitting your job and facing the employment search in California may be daunting. That is especially true if you do not have a developed professional network or a series of quality job leads to help you while you are unemployed. The risks of...
What are the two types of workplace sexual harassment?
Many workers in California have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. If you are one of these workers, you may not understand what type of harassment took place or what legal recourse is available to you. Perhaps you are under the mistaken impression that...
Sexual harassment affects men, too
While, in the media and in movies, women are frequently the targets of sexual harassment, in actuality, men across California and the nation are also common victims of such behavior in the workplace. When men accuse others of sexual harassment, however, higher-ups do...
Across California, McDonald’s workers stage harassment strike
Another high-profile strike recently joined the growing number of major demonstrations in the #metoo movement. People are standing up against a work culture that encourages or tolerates inappropriate touching, sexual propositions and other forms of offensive behavior....
