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Sexual harassment in the workplace in US labor law has been considered a form of discrimination on the basis of sex in the United States since the mid-1970s. [1] [2] There are two forms of sexual harassment recognized by United States law: quid pro quo sexual harassment (requiring an employee to tolerate sexual harassment to keep their job, receive a tangible benefit, or avoid punishment) and ...
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986), is a US labor law case, where the United States Supreme Court, in a 9–0 decision, recognized sexual harassment as a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case was the first of its kind to reach the Supreme Court and would redefine sexual harassment in the workplace. [1] [2]
Alexander v. Yale, 631 F.2d 178 (2d Cir. 1980), [1] was the first use of Title IX [2] of the United States Education Amendments of 1972 in charges of sexual harassment against an educational institution. [3] It further established that sexual harassment of female students could be considered sex discrimination, and was thus illegal.
Alina Habba, one of Donald Trump’s lawyers, has reportedly quietly settled a lawsuit with a former Bedminster golf club waitress over an illegal non-disclosure agreement that the former employee ...
Diane R. Williams was born December 6, 1947, and is a native of Washington, D.C. She graduated from Howard University in 1969 with a B.A. in English and American Literature. [6] She was a national desk news aid for the Washington Post in the late 1960s, and joined the Washington Bureau of the Chicago Tribune in 1970 and became a Metro reporter. [6]
The suit further alleges that Melichar required Bianco "to engage in sex as a quid pro quo for continued employment and ‘protection.’" ... The alleged quid-pro-quo sexual harassment continued ...
Kimberly Ellerth, a female employee at Burlington Industries, sued the company for sexual harassment on the part of her male supervisor. She alleged the vice president of sales made offensive remarks and unwanted overtures. She identified three episodes involving threats to deny tangible job benefits unless sexual favors were granted.
Jason Derulo has been sued by an artist he was courting to work with his Future History label. Emaza Gibson filed the suit earlier Thursday in Los Angeles, alleging quid pro quo sexual harassment ...