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Prevent Workplace Bullying Before It Starts

Civility Partners

Fun fact: Catherine is a subject matter expert in workplace bullying, and has been researching, publishing, and speaking since 2005 when she began studying it in graduate school – due to her personal experience dealing with a person with bullying behaviors! However, reality often falls short of this ideal. What is workplace bullying?

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3 Actionable Ways to Support Your LGBTQ+ Employees During Pride Month

Bonusly

Workplaces that go beyond inclusive policies to truly cultivate climates of inclusion are a win-win for employers—they mitigate the costs of [employees being in the] closet and capitalize on the focus and energy that comes from people bringing their full selves to work.” – A Workplace Divided , Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

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Do Love Contracts Actually Work?

Namely

Some teams are turning to controversial legal agreements to ward off compliance risks. Some teams are turning to controversial legal agreements to ward off compliance risks. Their purpose is to mitigate risk by affirming that a romance is consensual—in theory, staving off harassment claims. Rules of Attraction .

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It’s another “when a hostile work environment isn’t a hostile work environment” post

The Employer Handbook

The Court must look at the totality of the circumstances, and view the harassing conduct in context, not as isolated acts. The Court must look at the totality of the circumstances, and view the harassing conduct in context, not as isolated acts. 2005), aff’d, 170 F. Second verse, same as the first. Duie Pyle, Inc.,

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Risk Management for Venture Capital Firms

Embroker

Look no further than Facebook as a prime example of a VC investment gamble that paid off (and then some). In 2005, VC firm Accel Partners invested $12.7 Venture capital is synonymous with startups. It’s the reason we have some of the most innovative and successful companies of the last few decades – like Facebook, Uber, and SpaceX.

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Disability Discrimination: Terminated Cancer Survivor’s ADA Claim Fails, Part 1

HR Daily Advisor

In 2005, she took the position of senior patient services specialist and again communicated her disability to her hiring supervisor. Medtronic’s policy limited teleworking to 2 days per week, but Kristy allowed Willow to do so more often if needed. From roughly 2005 to 2008, she often took medical leave for medical appointments.

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Was Inconsistent Treatment of Asian USPS Worker Discrimination?

HR Daily Advisor

The steady increase in retaliation claims is likely due to a number of factors, including the fact that an employee doesn’t have to prove that she was discriminated against or harassed to proceed, and potentially succeed, on a retaliation claim. As we have previously noted , employees are filing more and more retaliation cases.