Archive for November 27, 2018

Another employment sector is under fire for sexual harassment in today’s #MeToo era. Female federal prison workers are coming forward to describe their experiences with sexual harassment at work. Prisoners have allegedly threatened rape, exposed themselves, and even groped female employees. To make matters worse, male employees have encouraged this unacceptable behavior and even participated in it.

New York Times Examination

The New York Times recently conducted a thorough examination of the unique challenges that female federal prison workers face. The examination

Amanda Johnson, former L’Oreal marketing vice president in New York City, has sued the cosmetics company due to racial discrimination and a hostile work environment. Johnson was first hired as an assistant vice president of digital marketing, and she quickly rose up the corporate ladder at L’Oreal. Even at the highest levels of management, however, she claims that she experienced a sexist and racist culture in L’Oreal’s c-suite. Johnson claims that L’Oreal’s sexist corporate culture involved male colleagues watching pornography

A recent New York Times investigation has found that women in physically demanding jobs lost their pregnancies after employers denied their requests for accommodations. Some employers even ignored doctor’s notes that pregnant employees provided. When the expectant mothers continued to perform such physically demanding work, they miscarried. The federal laws regarding pregnancy discrimination are vague. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act states that a company has to accommodate pregnant workers’ requests only if it is already doing so for other employees who

In the “#MeToo” era, people are becoming increasingly aware of the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace. This problem can arise in small and large companies. For example, WeWork, a New York City start-up that provides shared workspaces for tech-startups, recently has been accused of having a “frat-boy” workplace culture. Ruby Anaya, a former WeWork employee, alleges that the “frat-boy culture” enabled sexual misconduct and punished employees for coming forward.

Lawsuit Filed

Anaya filed a lawsuit against WeWork in the