by Stephen Hans | Jul 28, 2022 | Sexual Harassment, Uncategorized
Sexual Harassment Complaint Hotline Is Live Employers should take note and understand how the hotline works New York State now offers a sexual harassment complaint hotline for employees. Workers complaining of workplace harassment can call, and their conversation will...
by Stephen Hans | Oct 26, 2021 | Sexual Harassment
What not to do in a sexual harassment lawsuit In September 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the gaming company Activision Blizzard. The lawsuit alleged violations of sexual harassment, pregnancy...
by Stephen Hans | Mar 8, 2021 | Sexual Harassment, Uncategorized
Employer Defense Against Sexual Harassment Claims Sexual harassment accusations against Governor Cuomo began with one allegation. Subsequently, a second aide added her own allegation to the first, and now a third woman has come forward with her own story alleging...
by Stephen Hans | Nov 13, 2019 | Sexual Harassment
Could You Be Liable If a Customer Harasses Your Employee? Employers must address sexual harassment by customers in addition to harassment by other employers. Courts can hold employers accountable if they fail to take reasonable actions to prohibit a hostile work...
by Stephen Hans | Oct 8, 2019 | NY New Anti-Sexual Harassment, Sexual Harassment
Is There Liability You Could Face that You Did Not Face in the Past? The NYS new anti-harassment law has a number of sweeping changes. For one, it applies to all protected classes under New York Human Rights Law, not only to sexual harassment cases. Protected classes...
by Stephen Hans | Sep 5, 2019 | NY Anti-Sexual Harassment Law for 2019, Sexual Harassment
The New NY Anti-Sexual Harassment Law: What Employers Should Know Additional New York State anti-sexual harassment law protections came into existence in August 2019. Under the new law, sexual harassment only has to rise above the level of “petty slights or...
