Category Archives: Sexual Harassment
Can Unwanted Requests For Dates Contribute To A Sexually Hostile Work Environment?
For more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have litigated sexual harassment cases in Florida courts. Through their decades of experience representing sexual harassment victims, our sexual harassment attorneys in Inverness, Florida know that a common employment law myth is that unwanted requests for dates do not constitute conduct… Read More »
Sweeping Sexual Harassment Complaints Under The Rug: The Employer’s Bad Faith Investigation
Through their decades of experience handling sexual harassment cases, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employer investigations of sexual harassment claims are often conducted in bad faith. In far too many cases, an employer’s sexual harassment investigation is conducted in manner intended to provide the employer with factual and legal… Read More »
Can A Co-Worker Watching Pornography At Work Create A Sexually Hostile Work Environment?
Having fought for the rights of sexual harassment victims for more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employees are frequently exposed to pornography in the workplace. For example, employees may be exposed to pornographic materials posted in the workplace. Likewise, employees may be exposed to pornographic materials… Read More »
Can A Single Incident Of Unwanted Sexual Touching Make A Work Environment Hostile?
Through their decades of experience handling sexual harassment cases, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employers defending against sexual harassment claims invariably attempt to set the bar for a hostile work environment too high. In order to create a hostile work environment, employers contend that sexual harassment must involve more… Read More »
Can Sexual Harassment Over The Course Of Just One Day Create A Hostile Work Environment?
Having represented sexual harassment victims for more than two decades, our sexual harassment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that employees routinely argue that a sexually hostile work environment claim fails as a matter of law unless the harassment involves repeated conduct occurring over a series of days or even years. In the absence… Read More »
Can Employers Attempt To Remedy Sexual Harassment Through Actions Targeted At The Victim?
Through their decades of experience representing sexual harassment victims, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employers often attempt to remedy sexual harassment through actions targeted at the victim, not at the harasser. For example, employers attempt to remedy the sexual harassment by forcing victims to work different schedules than the… Read More »
Can Sexually Graphic Music In The Workplace Create A Hostile Work Environment?
For more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have represented sexual harassment victims. Through their decades of experience representing sexual harassment victims, our sexual harassment attorneys in Inverness, Florida know that some employees are exposed to sexually graphic music in the workplace. Even when employees complain about offensive sexual… Read More »
Must Employers Do More Than Just Stop Scheduling Sexual Harassment Victims To Work With The Harasser?
Through their decades of experience representing sexual harassment victims, our sexual harassment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that after sexual harassment victims lodge a sexual harassment complaint, the first remedial action often taken by employers is to stop scheduling victims to work with their harasser. In far too many cases, however, employers take… Read More »
Do Employees Still Have Sexual Harassment Claims When Pressured Into Having Sex By Job Threats?
Having litigated sexual harassment cases in Florida courts for more than two decades, our sexual harassment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that a common employment law myth is that employees who are pressured into having sexual relations with a supervisor because of threats to their job do not have meritorious sexual harassment claims…. Read More »
How Should Employers Respond To Sexual Harassment Complaints?
For more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have represented sexual harassment victims. Through their decades of experience handling sexual harassment cases, our sexual harassment attorneys in Inverness, Florida know that employers often do not take sexual harassment complaints seriously. Instead of launching an investigation, taking action to stop… Read More »
