sexual harassment in the workplace
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PNC Bank Owes Black Employee $2.4M After She Was Sexually Harassed
Workplace harassment is something that no person should have to go through, especially when it’s coming from customers at your place of work. NBC News reports that a New Jersey jury has ordered PNC Bank to pay Damara Scott $2.4 million after it found they failed to protect her from sexual harassment by a customer.…
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Black Women Are More Likely to Be Sexually Harassed on the Job, a Study Finds
Reports of sexual harassment in the workplace are down among women overall, but the decline is far less steep among black women, signaling they are at greater risk. That’s according to a study published in the journal Gender, Work and Organization and written by New Jersey researchers Dan Cassino of Fairleigh Dickinson University and Yasemin…
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#MeToo Movement Takes on the Big Mac of Sexual Harassment Claims
A group of 10 women who worked for McDonald’s restaurants in nine different U.S. cities, including four teenagers, filed federal sexual harassment charges against the fast-food behemoth on Tuesday. The women charge gender discrimination, sexual harassment on the job and being punished with retaliation when they complained about it. One of the women, Brittany Hoyos,…
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Omarosa Wants to Join Lawsuit Brought by Woman Who Says Trump Kissed Her Without Her Consent
Omarosa Manigault Newman, who got bounced ignominiously from her nebulous role on #TeamTrump two years ago, wants to join a lawsuit filed by a lesser-known black Trump campaign staffer that alleges Donald Trump kissed her without asking and paid her and other black staffers less than their white and male co-workers. Omarosa is just claiming…
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Time's Up for Abusers in the Workplace: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Introduces Sweeping Anti-Harassment Legislation
Joined by workers, survivors, and advocates from across the country, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and other congressional Democrats have introduced new, comprehensive legislation that tackles harassment in the workplace. The multifaceted “Be HEARD Act” is aimed at bolstering protections for workers, particularly those in lower wage and entry-level jobs where employees tend to be most…
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Survey Says: How Are Men Really Processing #MeToo?
Since it hit the mainstream last fall, the #MeToo movement has sent shockwaves through our collective consciousness, revealing predators in some of our most respected positions and forcing all of us to re-evaluate our behavior. But despite how pervasive the phrase has become, would you be shocked to know that 41 percent of men have…
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Tribeca Film Festival 2018: Time’s Up Staged a Tribeca Takeover
Saturday was a day of reckoning at the Tribeca Film Festival as voices from the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements brought their message of survival, empowerment and advocacy from Hollywood to New York City. Oscar-winning actresses Julianne Moore and Lupita Nyong’o, Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo, actresses Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Ashley Judd, former NFL player Wade…
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#MeToo: Ann Curry Reported Matt Lauer for Sexual Harassment in 2012
Former Today co-host Ann Curry reported Matt Lauer for sexual harassment in 2012 on behalf of a female NBC staffer who was afraid for her job and asked Curry to help her. Curry told the Washington Post: “A woman approached me and asked me tearfully if I could help her. She was afraid of losing…
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About That Time Tarana Burke Took on Tony Robbins … and Won
By now, it’s no secret that we’re serious admirers of Tarana Burke. Aside from birthing the #MeToo movement to help the young black and brown girls that she encountered as an activist, she has consistently shown unparalleled grace, generosity and commitment, no matter how high her profile continues to rise. As she recently told Elle…
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Media Attention Turns to Laws That Excuse Fatal Police Shootings
Columnists Raise Issue After Stephon Clark Death Poynter to Boost News Literacy for Students of Color 37% of New Hires at N.Y. Times Were of Color ProPublica to Formalize ‘Rooney Rule’ on Hiring ASNE Honors Stories on Harassment, Border Wall Newsroom Harassment Bigger ‘Than Anyone Thinks’ Indian Country Isn’t Into #DeleteFacebook Ethiopia Rearrests Freed Press-Freedom…