What the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Did for Employees in 2018
The #MeToo movement and national attention to sexual harassment issues made 2018 a big year for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. So why are their charge numbers down? Find out why changes at the EEOC may lead more employees to use private lawsuits to get the recovery they deserve. This blog post will review the […]
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Sexual Orientation Discrimination Cases
For years, the answer to whether American workers were protected against sexual orientation discrimination or gender identity discrimination has been “it depends”. Gay and Trans* workers’ access to civil rights protections have depended on their state’s laws, and on how their local courts had interpreted the federal anti-discrimination statute. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court has […]
New York State Revenge Porn Law Makes Sharing Nude Pictures Illegal Statewide
Imagine that you and your ex-partner work at the same business. When the two of you break up, he or she threatens to send explicit photos of you to your boss, coworkers, even the owner of the company. Then he or she starts making demands. Sadly, this is the reality for far too many New […]
Does Cyber-Stalking by Coworkers Count as Sexual Harassment?
When sexual harassment goes online, it can be hard to tell where the line is between at work and not. Cyber-stalking by coworkers can make the idea of going to work and facing your harassers seem impossibly difficult. Find out whether cyber-stalking by coworkers counts as sexual harassment and what you can do about it. […]
Women Venture Capitalists Fight Gender Discrimination in Lending
Where can a woman go for funding to start her business? Women entrepreneurs continue to face challenges raising seed money from venture capitalists who are overwhelmingly male, and white. Now a group of women venture capitalists in New York are fighting gender discrimination in lending by starting their own investment companies and incubators. They are […]
