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Employers and Sexual Harassment Claims

Employers have certain obligations with regard to the work environment they provide and the well-being and safety of their employees. Protecting employees against sexual harassment is an...

Sexual Harassment at Work

The workplace is the most common backdrop for sexual harassment complaints and lawsuits. Co-workers spend the majority of their day together under high amounts of pressure and stress which...

Sexual Discrimination

Sexual discrimination is the treatment or maltreatment of individuals in their employment specifically because of an individual's gender, whether it be a man or a woman. If you have been rejected for employment...

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Many Victims of Sexual Harassment or Assault Prefer a Female Attorney

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Retaliation after a Sexual Harassment Claim

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Legal Help for Emotional Distress in Sexual Harassment and Assault Cases

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Can I Afford a Sexual Harassment Lawyer? What do they Cost?

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Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Laws

Sexual harassment most often ocurs at work, and may involve a manager, employer, superior or simply a fellow co-worker. Sexual harassment takes many forms, from subtle sexual advances or comments, to an outright insistence on sexual favors in order to maintain employment.

Victims of sexual harassment at work, or sexual assault elsewhere have many legal protections which can stop the harassing behavior, protect your employment rights, compensate you monetarily for damages and punish the harasser for his or her illegal behavior.

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New Jersey Sexual Harassment Laws

Sexual harassment is a violation of New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination.  Sexual harassment consists of unwanted sexual advances by either a co-worker or a supervisor.  The...

Settlement of Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Must be Made Public

In Asbury Park Press v. County of Monmouth, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled that the County's settlement of a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit must be made...

Recognizing Employer Workplace Retaliation

Company retaliation is any adverse action taken by an employer against an employee or former employee because they exercised their rights under anti-discrimination...

Stalking Harassment Defenition and Examples

Stalking is a relatively new crime in which an offender engages in a clear pattern of conduct, which in the offender follows, harasses, or threatens...

Sexual Assault Crime

Sexual assault generally refers to any crime in which the sex offender subjects the victim to sexual touching that is unwanted and offensive. Sexual assault can also include lower levels of sexual misconduct.  These crimes can range from sexual groping...

Defining and Preventing Sexual Harrassment Claim

Sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal.  Handling sexual harassment incorrectly can subject the employer who ignores it to severe penalties.  Your harassment response and preventing it is crucial as employment environments...

Criminal Sexual Predator

Sexual Predator is a term that has come to mean many different things depending upon the situation in which it is used.  It has been used to define sex offenders, someone guilty of violent sexual acts or sexual...

Sexual Education Topics and Discussion

Sexual Education or sex education is the process of teaching persons about sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, reproductive health, sexual intercourse.  Historically sex education was limited to whatever information a person was given by parents or relatives.  In the twentieth century, sex education began to be taught in schools as health courses.  There has always been controversy over whether...

Sexual Harassment Documentation

Sexual Harassment is one of the most difficult workplace issues to which any employee can be subjected.  It is illegal and there are actions that you can to protect yourself.  If you are a victim of sexual discrimination and...

Determining and Awareness of Sexual Molestation

Sexual molestation is usually associated with the sexual exploitation of children although a sexual molestation can refer to other forms of sexual abuse from groping to rape.  Legally depending on the jurisdiction...
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