How Hostile Does It Have to Be?
Racist comments or ethnic slurs at work can amount to a “hostile work environment” depending on the number of incidents and the working relationship between the speaker and receiver of…
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Some Recent Changes in Misc California Law for 2007 & 2008
1. Employers with 25 of more employees must give "qualified employees" as many as 10days off (unpaid) when their spouse is on leave from military deployment. Effective October 9, 2007.…
Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment
Under State and Federal law hostile work environment sexual harassment requires showing by the victim that he/she was subjected to unwelcome conduct that was based on sex and was sufficiently…
Quid Pro Quo Harassment
In determining whether quid pro quo harassment occurred, the court may use either an objective or a subjective test. The objective test asks whether a reasonable person in the plaintiff's…
Types of Harassment
In California workplace harassment is prohibited. Most people think this only applies to sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is certainly the most common form of harassment we see in our Courts,…