The past three years have brought many changes to how and where work is done. What started as a response to the global pandemic, remote and hybrid work is now here to stay. And this paradigm of work ...

The focus of this, my 200th column, is workplace harassment. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces federal employment discrimination laws, just issued comprehensive guidance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A transgender worker is repeatedly and intentionally misgendered by their coworker. A workplace bars an employee from using ...

For the first time in 25 years, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. Employers should review existing ...

When it comes to combating upsetting office interactions, research says you could learn from your female staff. Recent reports say workplace harassment and violence are on the rise, perhaps spurred by ...

Companies that address these complaints thoroughly will cut their staff turnover and legal costs. Worker harassment got worse in 2025, despite years of effort to reduce one of the biggest problems in ...

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Feb. 15 that AB51, California's law barring mandatory arbitration in employment agreements, was preempted by the Federal ...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission proposed Monday enforcement guidance on workplace harassment after more than a half-decade of public debate and commentary. The document is structured ...

Bad behavior at work is once again in the spotlight as new research shows a significant portion of workers, especially younger ones, have experienced workplace harassment. A survey by Deloitte reveals ...

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I've long been interested in what limits the First Amendment imposes on "hostile work environment harassment" law (as well as the similar rules as to education, public accommodation, and housing); I ...