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Many people in Indiana and around the country who are experiencing workplace sexual harassment choose not to file a lawsuit against their employer. According to the vice president for education and employment at the National Women's Law Center, the majority of sexual...
Depending upon the industry, sexual harassment on the job gets reported by 25 to 70 percent of female employees. When it results in a lawsuit, the employer loses 70 percent of the time with an average payout of $200,000. Training is not mandated by federal law nor by...
While it may not be shocking to most people in Indiana, a recent survey demonstrated that one out of every three women between the ages of 18 and 34 report they have been sexually harassed at work. In the study, 2,235 women in both full- and part-time jobs were...
Employees in Indiana might benefit from understanding more about some of the facts that are often at the core of many sexual harassment incidents in America. When an internal investigation of the allegations is inadequate, employees are afforded the right to pursue...
In most states, including Indiana, employees have the right to be free from sexual harassment in the workplace. It was reported on Jan. 20, however, that two Vermont women filed a lawsuit against their former employer claiming that they were fired after complaining...
Indiana residents may be interested to learn of American Apparel's recent unveiling of a new company ethical code directed toward the issue of workplace sexual harassment. Following a long battle with the company's founder as well as numerous sexual harassment...
If a worker is subjected to lewd comments, unwanted touching or other sexual actions in the workplace, it may be considered sexual harassment. Even if there is no intent to harass, it could be defined as harassment if there is a pattern of activity that creates a...
While Indiana residents may have an idea of what sexual harassment is, they may not know what is prohibited in the workplace. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states that there are two different types of sexual harassment. The first type is quid pro quo...
The United States Department of Labor has guidelines explaining what constitutes workplace harassment in their offices, and this includes sexual harassment. Indiana employees of the Department of Labor are protected by these guidelines, but the federal laws on these...
Indiana employees who work for the state are protected by federal and state statutes that prohibit workplace harassment. If an individual feels that his or her rights have been violated, a process has been put in place to provide protection. Unwelcome sexual advances...