Category | Sexual harassment
PROTECTING YOURSELF WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Although legal redress has long been available for individuals who have been subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace, it’s still a very significant problem in the United States. It can take a couple different forms. Your boss or a supervisor may either offer you work-related benefits in exchange for...
POPULAR JERSEY SHORE BAR FACES SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACTION
A 33-year-old woman has filed a lawsuit against a popular Margate bar, alleging that the owners condoned and even participated in repeated acts of sexual harassment after she took a job as a waitress there in February, 2017. The plaintiff took the job at Tipsy Taco and Tequila Bar on...
PHILADELPHIA POLICE INSPECTOR ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Two female officers in the Philadelphia Police Department have alleged that Chief Inspector Carl Holmes sexually harassed them. Michele Vandegrift, a detective who has been on the force for 13 years, filed a lawsuit last summer, alleging that Holmes had made numerous sexual comments to her, and had actually sexually...
FORMER NEW JERSEY PROSECUTOR SUED FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
A civil sexual harassment lawsuit was filed against former Mercer County prosecutor Joseph Bocchini in January, 2017. The complaint, filed by an anonymous subordinate, alleges that Bocchini repeatedly used lewd and suggestive language, and forced himself upon her while working as her supervisor. In papers filed in Mercer County Superior4...
SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORK
Please visit our sexual harassment-focused website at http://www.harassmentlawattorneynj.com/ for more detailed information on both harassment and discrimination. WHAT IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT? Quid pro quo sexual harassment – This involves unwelcome sexual advances where the consequences of rejection implicitly or explicitly impacts an individual’s employment or advancement opportunities. Hostile work environment...