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Why Are We Still Talking About Sexual Harassment? Because People Are Still Acting Creepy That’s Why
By Nancy Yaffe on
Another blog about sexual harassment – why? Because it still happens all of the time, that’s why!! I wish it didn’t, but it does.
As recent news events with a …
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Don’t Forget CA Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Mandate in 2020
By Nancy Yaffe on
With so much going on for employers in 2020, let us not forget the #MeToo movement and related changes in California’s laws requiring sexual harassment prevention training. All employers with…
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California Provides a Free Harassment Prevention Online Tool for Employees
By Nancy Yaffe on
With so many businesses either re-opening or planning to reopen in California, let’s not forget that all employees (not just supervisors) must be trained in harassment prevention before year end. …
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The Legal Norms are A-Changin’ in the Post #MeToo Era
By Nancy Yaffe on
The #MeToo movement is two years old this month, and what a profound cultural shift it has been. Workplace conduct that just a few years ago was tolerated, ignored, overlooked,…
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Top 10 List of California’s Newest Employment Laws
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Our Labor & Employment team has been busy this fall! As loyal readers, your inboxes have been filled with our updates on all the changes to California employment laws. This…
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Employers Provided with Extra Time to Comply with California’s New Harassment Prevention Training Requirements
By Andrew W. Russell on
In 2018, California passed numerous pieces of legislation in response to the #MeToo movement that expanded the obligations of employers to provide sexual harassment prevention training. SB 1343 is one…
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Sexual Overperception Bias and Workplace Harassment
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
Humans are not unbiased observers and decision makers. I’m not talking here about prejudice based on protected categories. I’m talking more generally about systemic flaws in how our brains interpret…
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Litigating Sex Harassment in the #MeToo Era
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
The #MeToo movement started more than a year and a half ago. Somewhat surprisingly, the number of sexual harassment cases filed has not increased significantly. However, we’ve seen significant…
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Valentine’s Day Considerations for the #MeToo Era
By Nancy Yaffe on
I’ve been doing a lot of harassment prevention training lately.
One reason is because it is an odd year (2019), and the requirement to train managers & supervisors started in…
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