The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released earlier this month updated proposed guidance on harassment in the workplace, largely based on developments in applicable case law and ...

A Cease and Desist letter for addressing an issue of harassment refers to the first legal step an individual or an enterprise takes to safeguard certain rights. Suppose another individual or business ...

To be unlawful, conduct must be sufficiently serious that it unreasonably interferes with an employee's ability to work or a student's ability to learn or benefit from the University's programming.

Two recent developments out of Annapolis pose new challenges for Maryland employers confronted with claims of harassment. Effective October 1, 2022, Maryland’s employee-friendly Senate Bill (S.B.) 450 ...

Sexual harassment can happen to anyone, but what should you do if it happens to you? Sexual harassment affects millions of people nationwide, including one in three women and about one in nine men in ...

The Federal Department of Education proposed a new set of regulations regarding Title IX procedures — the guidelines that shape policy regarding sexual harassment on college campuses — last month.

Duke’s Office for Institutional Equity recently updated its Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment and Related Misconduct to include a definition of Islamophobia, among other changes. The ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court has adopted an affirmative defense for a supervisor's harassment, but the court also has changed the definition of "supervisor." ...

Sexual harassment: a phrase that – despite it literally being the 21st century – is still being talked about. Because it's still happening. According to the 2020 Sexual Harassment Survey from the ...