workplace harassment
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Black Muslim Firefighter Endured Years of Racist and Religious Harassment; When He Spoke Up, He Was Arrested: Report
Another day, another accusation of racism against New York City’s Fire Department. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., a black Muslim firefighter says he was punished by the department for speaking out about the harassment he says he endured for 12 years over his race and his religion. As the…
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Women and Men of Color Pay an ‘Emotional Tax’ at Work That’s Detrimental to Their Overall Health and Ability to Thrive: Report
There is no question that navigating the world as a woman of color is a unique experience. The combination of sexism and racism we face as we move through our individual lives, including in the workplace, can also result in us being wary and on edge in a way that impacts our health and even…
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4 Things You’re Probably Getting Wrong About Workplace Harassment
I can only blame myself. I shouldn’t have such a high bar for the content of conversations I overhear in a busy food court, particularly in the section immediately adjacent to Panda Express. But alas, I still have the Obama hopey-changey bug, so I ate my orange chicken bowl and smiled warmly at the two…
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Megyn Kelly Employee Fired After Alleging Harassment at Show That Specializes in Covering Harassment: Report
Late last year, Megyn Kelly’s show finally seemed to find its groove with audiences once the #MeToo movement gathered steam. Following the case of Harvey Weinstein’s alleged decadeslong pattern of sexual abuse—and the numerous allegations against other powerful men in other C-suites in other industries—Kelly’s show focused in on covering harassment, and its ratings (finally)…
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‘I’m Not Surprised by the Allegations’: Ann Curry Opens Up About the Alleged Serial Harasser She Worked With
Ann Curry says that her NBC colleagues knew—or, at the very least, ought to have known—that former anchor Matt Lauer was part of a “climate of … harassment” that existed at the show, according to an interview with CBS This Morning. Curry broke her silence on Lauer and the accusations of sexual abuse and misconduct…
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NYC Woman Sues Former Boss for Forcing Her to Pick Up Dog Feces as Revenge Prank
A New York City woman is alleging that she was the target of a vile prank by her former boss—a retaliative move, she says, for spurning a co-worker’s sexual advances days earlier. The prank, Shanae Johnson said, was intended to humiliate her and involved picking up dog feces from the sidewalk outside Easy Thrift Shop,…
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Former Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford Jr. Fired After Woman Says He Harassed Her
Investment banking behemoth Morgan Stanley fired former Democratic Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford Jr. on Thursday for what it called “conduct inconsistent with our values” in the latest case of a high-profile man to lose his livelihood for allegedly acting terribly with women in a professional setting. HuffPost broke the story, and spoke to a woman…