05.21.09
Posted in Contact Us, Examples of Sexual Harassment at 8:47 pm by normarae2008
I encourage you to read an e-mail I received from a reader today. It’s listed in the “comments” section following “A Reader’s Question Regarding Sexual Harassment Training.” Her e-mail presents several allegations of workplace harassment, including unwanted touching, and retaliation. The sexual harassment was directed at other women besides herself, and she complained that her company culture does not work to investigate and resolve such complaints with a clear human resources policy and practice, but rather appears to hold the victims accountable and blames them for being trouble makers.
In her letter, she complained that another victim was forced to sign an Arbitration Agreement after she filed a sexual harassment complaint. When she refused, she was allegedly fired for being a trouble maker ( this occurred after the company slowly cut back her hours). This type of company response may appear to be retaliatory, and certainly was causing our reader to think twice about filing a complaint about the hostile work environment she was working in.
What complicated matters was that the Owner of the Company was also the Acting Head of Human Resources. So, where does one go to file a complaint in such a situation? As I told the reader in my comments back, if you can’t file a complaint internally, you can always contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, but that must be done in a timely basis. Secondly, it is wise to consult a local labor attorney who specializes in workplace harassment. No one should suffer any form of discrimination, and Title VII was designed to protect all of us from any form of discrimination and workplace harassment. If you believe you’ve been unlawfully treated, get legal advice and protect your civil rights. No one should have to work in a corporate culture similar to the one my reader described. No one.
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Posted in This Month's Major Topics at 8:42 pm by normarae2008
Global Voices Online » Egypt Declared Anti-Harassment Day
By Marwa Rakha
Asser says: “After the acquittal of my harasser I realized that the law is full of loopholes and our only hope is to call for an anti-harassment law and that the members of the Egyptian Parliament realize that this is a unanimous call from all Egyptian women and … Having said that, and in light of the growing rates of sexual harassment in Egyptian society, one can devise a remedy that takes advantage of that preoccupation with one’s image in the eyes of the community. …
Global Voices Online – http://globalvoicesonline.org/
This article was referenced from an article written by Marwa Rakha, and is included on this webpage in respect to the victims of harassment in Egypt and in other countries around the world.
Editor’s Note: the day was acknowledged on April 18, 2009
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Posted in Contact Us, Government Resources at 8:37 pm by normarae2008
Reprinted from an earlier blog entry in stopworkplaceharassment.com – EEOC Reports 15,000 New Sexual Harassment Cases Yearly
Posted in Recent Cases and Headlines, This Month’s Major Topics at 6:58 pm by normarae2008
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports that there are approximately 15,000 new sexual harassment cases filed each year. What about the hundreds or thousands of cases that don’t get filed due to embarrassment, humiliation, loss of self-respect, fear of losing one’s job, retaliatory threats, or other concerns that keep women from filing complaints?
Many women are too fearful to file a complaint, and some don’t know the procedure. Human Resources organizations are oftentimes too short handed to provide the requisite training for management and for general employee populations to ensure that the laws are followed, so harassed employees are left no choice but to suffer in silence.
Have you been harassed and are afraid to report your treatment? We want to hear from you. We might be able to help you out with help and referrals for counseling, legal recommendations and education. Please write to us and tell your story. We’re just a click away.
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Posted in This Month's Major Topics at 8:30 pm by normarae2008
I wrote some articles on ehow regarding new approaches to sexual harassment training, and sexual harassment policy development. I plan to write additional articles in the future. If there’s a topic you’d like to see covered, please write to me. You can find my articles on my site or on ehow under their Business section. Thanks
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Posted in Uncategorized at 8:27 pm by normarae2008
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Posted in This Month's Major Topics at 8:23 pm by normarae2008
A recent report released in April of 2009 by the Southern Poverty Law Center illustrates some troubling survey results featuring 500 low income Latinos – including legal residents, undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens from five separate locations in the South. The locations were Nashville, Charlotte, New Orleans, rural southern Georgia, and cities in northern Alabama.
The survey shows that many of these employees were subject to discrimination and violations of civil rights and other workplace abuses. They also faced poor working conditions, were cheated out of wages, and denied basic safety and health protections.
The report clearly indicated that reform legislation is needed in order to protect these victims from labor and civil rights violations. Many of these victims, like most victims of workplace harassment, do not file complaints for fear of retribution, or termination of employment. For more information on this report, please go to www.splcenter.org, and review the full study titled “Under Fire: Life for Low-Income Latinos In The South.”
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Posted in This Month's Major Topics at 8:16 pm by normarae2008
I wrote some articles on ehow regarding new approaches to sexual harassment training, and sexual harassment policy development. I plan to write additional articles in the future. If there’s a topic you’d like to see covered, please write to me. You can find my articles on my site or on ehow under their Business section. Thanks.
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Posted in Contact Us, This Month's Major Topics at 8:12 pm by normarae2008
Sexual Harassment…Bullying…Verbal and Emotional Abuse…I’m conducting a national survey. If you’re from New York, Los Angeles, Witchita, or other beautiful parts of the country, take a minute and think about someone you know who was harassed at work. Maybe it was you. It could be from a current or former work experience. Why do you think the company didn’t respond? Is it bad management? Poor company policies? Weak corporate values? Or was the harasser innocent? We’re trying to find out.
I’ve received e-mails from several women and there are many reasons out there. I’ve worked in business for 28 years and I’ve heard lots of excuses, and justifications for alleged misconduct. Some companies have poor policies, others don’t take harassment very seriously. In some cases the alleged harasser was innocent. In other cases, the victim didn’t want to lose her job so she didn’t press charges. There are lots of reasons, so we’re trying to build a spread sheet containing as much data as we can collect from our readers. If you saw something, know something, or have some information related to harassment and can help us fill in the blanks, please send us your comments.
Please take a few minutes to think up a few of the primary reasons why nothing (or something) is done to stop such misconduct and simply log your thoughts in the comments section. I’ll provide a report as soon as we get some feedback. We’ll be promoting this survey on Twitter, ehow, and on this site. If we get enough input, we’d like to forward the results to our legislators and use this data to help evaluate how effective our current laws are in enforcing anti-harassment policies at work.
Your comments may focus on sexual harassment, bullying, or any other forms of workplace injustice. Thanks for your input.
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