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That is, if you were to show sexual interest in or get aggressive with a man at work, would you be at all afraid that he might report you for sexual harassment?
(If collectively “no,” then you understand the ball is in your court when it comes to dating in the workplace? So you can’t play that passive “why isn’t he calling” or “why aren’t any men asking me out” BS in that arena.)
My new employer says they don’t tolerate anything–the first implication that a man has even suggested an unwanted interest, as simple as a date, and he’s f’ing gone. I think they’ve been sued one time too many.
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I know legally Sexual harassment is a legal term that refers to something that happens exclusively in the workplace and/or work environment and involves workmates, boss-employee, etc. but I would like to know what the legal term used for sexual harassment outside the workplace is, let’s say between friends or acquaintances, what if someone you know, but doesn’t work with you, makes any sexual advances towards you that may or may not include blackmail? let’s say it doesn’t include blackmail, but he/she comes after you and you don’t want to have sex with that person. This may or may not lead to rape in the end, but what if you want to sue this person? what’s the legal term for this or is it even a crime or misdemeanor? Thank you!
I recently started work in a gambling establishment, along with two other new employees. We’re on our 6 month probationary period.
However, as we started, money began to go missing from the safes, and a couple of staff’s personal items vanished too.
We’ve heard rumours (smalltalk amongst staff) that – as they don’t know who it is and none of the thefts seemed to have been caught on camera, all three of us will be dismissed. Given the thefts started as we arrived, it’s only natural the finger be pointed at us.
If I am fired for this, would I be able to take it furhter, not having stoeln anything?
My Father says it would be unfair dismissal and I would be able to take legal action if I am fired.
My boyfriend however, tells me that as I’m on probationary period, they regrettably don’t need to have a reason to let me go as long as it’s not a decision based on hate.
I don’t know if I’m going to lose my job or not, in the event that I do, would I be able to take action?
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The Unions, CEO’s, and banks have all been tossed under the bus. I wonder how much money GM and Chrysler have been spending on Lawyers? Calculate every penny it cost to employee each internal lawyer, add this to the amount they outsource to outside firms, then add it to the lawsuits which are not covered by insurance. Then add this to the insurance cost which represents lawyers (health, liability, workmans comp, vehicle insurance, etc), then add this to the legal cost vendors have to pay which is passed along, then add this to all the legal cost involved with everything employees buy. Then and only then will Democrats realize why the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer. It is the trial lawyers they support.
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In Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Title VII’s protection against workplace discrimination “because of… sex” applied to harassment in the workplace between members of the same sex.
In late October 1991, Joseph Oncale was working for Sundowner Offshore Services on a Chevron USA Inc. oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. He was employed as a roustabout on an eight-man crew. On several occasions, Oncale was forcibly subjected to sex-related, humiliating actions against him by his coworkers in the presence of the rest of the crew. Oncale was also sodomized with a bar of soap, and threatened with rape. Oncale’s complaints to supervisory personnel produced no remedial action. Instead, the company’s Safety Compliance Clerk called him a name suggesting homosexuality. Oncale eventually quit—asking that his pink slip reflect that he “voluntarily left due to sexual harassment and verbal abuse.”
Oncale filed a complaint against Sundowner in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, alleging that he was discriminated against in his employment because of his sex. Relying on earlier precedents, the district court granted summary judgment to the defendant, writing that “Mr. Oncale, a male, has no cause of action under Title VII for harassment by male co-workers.” Oncale appealed, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the decision, and then after granting a petition for writ of certiorari, the Supreme Court reversed the decision.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncale_v._Sundowner_Offshore_Services
Sorry about the cut & paste. I’m still not feeling well and wasn’t up to writing a summary
