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Do Love Contracts Actually Work?

Namely

Some teams are turning to controversial legal agreements to ward off compliance risks. Some teams are turning to controversial legal agreements to ward off compliance risks. Their purpose is to mitigate risk by affirming that a romance is consensual—in theory, staving off harassment claims. Rules of Attraction .

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Was Inconsistent Treatment of Asian USPS Worker Discrimination?

HR Daily Advisor

The steady increase in retaliation claims is likely due to a number of factors, including the fact that an employee doesn’t have to prove that she was discriminated against or harassed to proceed, and potentially succeed, on a retaliation claim. As we have previously noted , employees are filing more and more retaliation cases.

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Sexual Harassment Training Requirements in California for Employees and Employers

Zenefits

California lawmakers take allegations of workplace sexual harassment seriously. California’s mandate that employers provide sexual harassment prevention training is a longstanding requirement. The Golden State has required sexual harassment prevention training since 2005. Who has to comply?

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NEW YORK CITY ISSUES GUIDELINES ON CREDIT RESTRICTION REGULATION

Aurico

It also prohibits discriminatory harassment and bias-based policing by law enforcement. As of September 3, 2015, this document serves as the Commission’s interpretative enforcement guidance of the SCDEA’s protections. City Charter § 1041 et seq. Code §§ 8-102(29), 8-107(24). at § 8-107(9)(d)(1).

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Sexual Harassment Prevention: The Easiest Thing to Teach and the Hardest Thing to Accomplish

HR Daily Advisor

When we reported last year about the ouster of recently deceased Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, we noted that Ailes’ repeated pattern of “couch casting” didn’t occur in a vacuum; rather, it sent a message throughout the organization that sexually harassing behavior was condoned at the highest level.

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Dr. Tuajuanda Jordan of St. Mary’s College of Maryland: “Part of the problem is that the biggest challenges are that the old guard is still alive and kicking”

Thrive Global

Women are speaking up about sexism and harassment, but more needs to be done to help raise the voices of women?—?not Part of the problem is that the biggest challenges are that the old guard is still alive and kicking. There is a lot of sexism in the STEM fields and a tendency to treat women as secondary or less serious. Prior to St.

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Disability Discrimination: Terminated Cancer Survivor’s ADA Claim Fails, Part 1

HR Daily Advisor

In 2005, she took the position of senior patient services specialist and again communicated her disability to her hiring supervisor. From roughly 2005 to 2008, she often took medical leave for medical appointments. By Steve Jones. Background. The cancer has been in remission since 1999. Willow disputed the accuracy of the complaints.