In my morning paper today, November 13, 2018, two of the front page stories dealt with sexual abusers.
One was the Vatican’s instruction to U.S. bishops to refrain from voting on their plans to improve protection for victims of sexual abuse by the clergy. Protests are ongoing in Baltimore as the bishops meet, obey the...
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The EEOC Disapproves Mandatory Confidential Investigation Instructions
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has taken a position similar to the National Labor Relations Board. The EEOC notified an employer that it considers enforced secrecy during internal harassment investigations to be unlawful. The NLRB similarly discourages an instruction to maintain confidentiality, finding that it tramples on employees’ rights to discuss their terms and conditions...
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The Supreme Court will Face a New Sexual Harassment Issue
The new term for the Supreme Court, beginning in October, will include a case about when a company is liable for a supervisor’s sexual or racial harassment. The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the following question:
Issue: Whether the “supervisor” liability rule established by Faragher v. City of Boca Raton and Burlington Industries, Inc....
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Fourth CIrcuit Emphasizes Necessity of Complaining about Sexual Harassment
The Fourth CIrcuit yesterday reinstated an employee’s sexual harassment case after it had been dismissed by the trial court. Carla Dulaney sued her former employer after her termination, complaining of sexual harassment. Dulaney’s shift supervisor demanded sex from her. From time to time, she did have sex with him in the workplace, though it could...
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