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Maryland Senate President: A “Women Only” Commission on Harassment. Really?

Darrell VanDeusen

01/12/2018

Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment

This from the Baltimore Sun’s Legislative Reporter Erin Cox (who does excellent work reporting from Annapolis) on the first day of the session: “Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said Wednesday that the General Assembly will create a ‘powerful’ new commission to recommend how the legislature should root out sexual harassment in its ranks. “Miller said he and House Speaker Michael E. Busch will create the panel, which Miller said...

Kollman & Saucier

11/29/2017

Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment

I do not think a day has passed since Harvey Weinstein's ouster that we don't learn about a new public figure-newscaster-actor-politician-other notable name who has been accused of sexual harassment (or similar behavior) and lost his job. Today, I woke to news of Matt Lauer's termination from NBC. A few moments ago I received an email advising that Garrison Keillor has been accused of inappropriate behavior and that Minnesota Public Radio will be...

Kollman & Saucier

11/03/2017

Sexual Harassment

Over the past few weeks, we have seen, heard and read alot about allegations of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Mark Halperin, and a number of other high-profile media and entertainment personalities. In most of these cases, the allegations involve claims of non-consensual sexual contact, sometimes even rising to the level of rape. With each day, it seems that more accusers surface, and a Twitter hashtag ("#MeToo")...

Kollman & Saucier

06/16/2017

Sexual Harassment, Virginia Employment Law

Sex, lies, but no videotape. A Virginia restaurant was faced with this juicy but difficult harassment investigation involving several current and former employees. After sorting out the sordid claims, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that employers who honestly believe, after investigation, that employees have made false harassment complaints are permitted to use their business judgment to discipline or terminate the person who they...

Kollman & Saucier

01/03/2017

Sexual Harassment, Virginia Employment Law

In Cobbs v First Transit Co. et. al., Case No. 6:16-cv-00015 (W.D. Va. Dec. 16, 2016), a federal judge in Lynchburg, Virginia ruled that a bus company took an adverse employment action against an employee by ending her light duty assignment. In so holding, the court ruled that an employee had pled a cause of action for “quid pro quo” sexual harassment under Title VII and denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss. The case involved an employee...

Darrell VanDeusen

12/29/2016

Sexual Harassment

There were some shocking revelations during the recent campaign cycle suggesting that our President-elect may not have clearly understood the difference between “appropriate’ and “inappropriate” behavior toward women. Putting aside that oddity, in the decades since the Supreme Court first recognized sexual harassment as a cause of action under Title VII in Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986), there has been a heightened...

Kollman & Saucier

07/15/2016

Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment

As the second half of the Major League Baseball season begins tonight (with thanks to Zach Britton, Matt Wieters, and the rest of the Orioles All-Stars for helping to win World Series home-field advantage for the AL), the First Circuit offered another reminder that baseball doesn't always mix well with the workplace. Burns v. Johnson, No. 15-1982 (1st Cir. July 11, 2016). Kathleen Burns began working for the Transportation Security Administration...

Clifford Geiger

02/11/2016

Sexual Harassment

A federal appellate court recently upheld a $300,000 jury verdict in favor of an employee who claimed he was the victim of same sex sexual harassment. Smith v. Rock-Tenn Servs., Inc., 6th Cir., No. 15-5534 (2/10/16). The plaintiff worked as a support technician for a corrugated box company. Plaintiff claimed that on two occasions, his co-worker, Jim Leonard, approached Plaintiff from behind and either slapped or grabbed Plaintiff’s butt....

Darrell VanDeusen

12/21/2015

Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment

Early in my legal career (circa 1986), a female summer associate responding to my inquiry about why she wanted to be a labor and employment lawyer shrugged her shoulders and said: “it’s about the only area of law where you can use the term ‘blow job’ in conversation and it’s not inappropriate.” That memory came back to me a couple of weeks ago when I read of the court’s decision in Garner v. Clearstaff, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS...

Kollman & Saucier

10/30/2015

Employment Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment

In a recent decision from a Mississippi federal court, Nissan avoided liability on a former employee’s sexual harassment claim because she could not show that her employer acted negligently in responding to her complaints. Davenport v. Nissan N. Am., Inc., No. 3:14-CV-00671-CWR-LRA (S.D. Miss. Oct. 22, 2015). From August 2012 until January 2014, Joslyne Davenport worked as a production associate at a Nissan manufacturing plant in Canton,...

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Maryland Senate President: A “Women Only” Commission on Harassment. Really?

Sexual Harassment, Holiday Parties, Handbooks, and other End-of-Year Musings

Sexual Harassment: A Few Words of Advice in the Wake of Weinstein, Spacey, and the Media Frenzy

Employer Lawfully Fired Employee for Making Harassment Claim

Federal Judge Declares Ending Light Duty Assignment to be Adverse Action

Harassment Doesn’t Come Cheap at COSTCO

Court Finds Supervisor's Harassing Behavior To Be Outside the Baselines

Employer Response to Same Sex Harassment Complaint Considered Inadequate

Employer Sued for Harassment Gets Off Despite Comments About Oral Sex

Prompt Investigation Helps Employer Avoid Liability On Harassment Claim

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