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As the workplace continues to take a new shape, the distinction between “workplace conduct” and “off duty” conduct continues to fade for many. After a recent Ninth Circuit ruling, employers must be more vigilant than ever in...more
On July 25, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected the notion that harassing conduct must occur inside the workplace to be considered actionable. The court also affirmed the notion that “the totality...more
On April 29, 2024 the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published its final guidance on harassment in the workplace. As Proskauer previously covered, this final guidance follows proposed guidance,...more
On Oct. 2, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released proposed enforcement guidance on harassment in the workplace, and the proposed guidance has been receiving quite a bit of attention. This begs the...more
On September 29, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its long-awaited proposed guidance on workplace harassment. The last EEOC guidance on workplace harassment was issued in 1999. The public will...more
Employers should review their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and anti-discrimination policies as federal and state laws protecting transgender workers continue to take shape. Earlier this month, the Equal Employment...more
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, Texas joins a growing number of states enacting legislation that enhances employee protections against sexual harassment in the workplace. Effective September 1, 2021, any Texas employer...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York City Commission on Human Rights (the “City Commission”) has amended its guidance concerning the annual anti-sexual harassment training requirement under the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act. ...more
Last June, Governor Lamont signed into law the “Time’s Up Act” (P.A. 19-16), which significantly expanded sexual harassment training and notice requirements for employers in Connecticut. See our previous blog posts – here...more
Connecticut has joined the growing number of states passing or enhancing laws aimed to deter sexual harassment in the workplace. On June 18, 2019, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law a bill entitled “An Act...more
As we have previously reported, New York State and New York City both enacted legislation in 2018 that require New York employers to train their employees in workplace sexual harassment prevention. ...more
There have been a variety of responses to the #MeToo movement since it began a little over a year ago. Employees have responded by filing more internal and external complaints. ...more
In the wake of the #MeToo Movement, New York enacted legislation that is specifically targeted to sexual harassment in the workplace. On October 1, 2018, New York released final guidance materials regarding the legislation,...more
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law several bills that will have significant impact on employers’ workplace obligations. Effective January 1, 2019, the new laws will restrict nondisclosure agreements and...more
As we have written about previously, this past Spring the New York State Legislature and New York City Council adopted broad new requirements to combat workplace gender-based harassment. ...more
Effective October 9, 2018, all New York State employers are required to adopt written sexual harassment prevention policies for employees and, within a year (by October 9, 2019), all employers must implement mandatory...more
As we previously reported in our client alerts dated Sept. 4, 2018 and Sept. 17, 2018, effective Oct. 9, 2018, New York State employers are required to adopt and distribute a written sexual harassment prevention policy and...more
On September 30, 2018, California Governor Edmund J. Brown, Jr. signed into law eight new bills involving gender and sexual harassment training and related issues. ...more
Earlier this week, the New York Governor’s office finalized materials for New York State employers to implement sexual harassment policies and training. While draft guidance was circulated to the public in August 2018, the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In compliance with legislation passed earlier this year, New York State has released the final model sexual harassment policy and complaint form, the model training materials, and FAQs, which provide...more
As previously reported, New York State and New York City have implemented laws mandating sexual harassment training to all employees on an annual basis. The original state deadline for completing training was January 1, 2019....more
Last month, I posted about New York State’s recently enacted law mandating all New York State employers adopt Sexual Harassment Policies and train all employees annually. ...more
On Monday, October 1, 2018, the State of New York released final versions of a sexual harassment policy, complaint form, and employee training relating to sexual harassment, among other guidance, pursuant to legislation...more
Effective Oct. 9, 2018, New York State employers will be required to provide annual anti-sexual harassment training to all employees, adopt a sexual harassment prevention policy, and provide to employees a complaint form for...more
As we previously reported, New York City and New York State (NYS) enacted laws in 2018 concerning workplace sexual harassment. Effective Oct. 9, 2018, New York State employers will be required to provide annual anti-sexual...more