Employment Policies, Discrimination, Hostile Environment

Employment Law Update: Federal Judge Rules Attorney Was Fired for Legitimate Workplace Behavior Concerns, not Due to Alleged...

Whiteford on 7/25/2025

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington highlights the importance of clear, documented reasons for employee terminations. In Kang v. The Boeing Company, a case involving a former...more

Second Circuit Clarifies Standard for Evaluating Title VII Retaliation Claims

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 9/20/2023

On the heels of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent decision clarifying its view of properly pled Title VII disparate treatment discrimination claims, which we previously covered here, the Second Circuit Court of...more

The Role of Bystander Intervention in Preventing Workplace Harassment

Epstein Becker & Green on 4/10/2023

Organizations that successfully create an inclusive and positive culture understand that all of its people have an important role to play in maintaining a harassment-free workplace. Any incident of harassment can affect more...more

Supreme Leak: Religion at Work

Verrill on 5/11/2022

Over the last year, our society has navigated COVID-19 and rules concerning vaccination and masking. As a society and on this blog, we have discussed regularly the role religious freedoms play in the work environment—under...more

Proposed Law Will Make It Easier to File Discrimination and Harassment Claims Against California Employers

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 7/24/2018

Senate Bill 1300 (Jackson) seeks to expand liability in discrimination and harassment by lowering the legal standard for legal claims. Currently, only harassment that is “severe or pervasive” is actionable....more

EEOC Sues Albertsons for Harassment of Hispanic Employees

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/4/2018

SAN DIEGO - Albertsons, Inc., a national retail grocery chain, violated federal law when a class of Hispanic employees in San Diego were subjected to harassment and a hostile work environment through the implementation of a...more

Hostile Work Environment: Playing Defense to Offensive Workplace Conduct

Troutman Pepper on 7/21/2015

A hostile environment can result from the unwelcome conduct of supervisors, co-workers, customers, contractors or anyone else with whom the victim interacts on the job when the unwelcome conduct renders the workplace...more

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