Excerpted from Sexual Harassment in the Workplace by Mary L. Boland © 2005 When employment is conditioned on submission to sexual advances, or when unwelcomed sexual conduct is so severe and pervasive that a reasonable employee would find it to be an offensive working environment, then it constitutes sexual harassment. Courts have carved out different […]
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DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN FACES FURTHER CLAIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Socialist party official says her daughter was left traumatised after alleged attack by Strauss-Kahn in 2002 By this time next year, Dominique Strauss-Kahn might well have been president of France. The 62-year-old was by far the most popular choice to be the Socialist presidential candidate, and he was the only contender seen as capable of […]
READ MOREPolice: Woman Shot Intruder 9 Times In Self Defense
Police: Woman Shot Invader 9 Times In Self Defense A man who was shot and killed following a confrontation with an Atlanta woman probably had been stalking her for days, the Gwinnett police said. Law enforcement suspects there may be other victims. The 53-year old woman, a counselor at a private school, was alone when […]
READ MOREConcealed Carry Confusion Lands Local Businessman Behind Bars
Spending 30 hours behind bars in New York City taught a local businessman that carrying a Colorado-approved gun is not necessarily legal everywhere. Instead of coming home on Wednesday, Dustin Forsling was jailed and lost his gun while his wife, Kim, waited. It is all because of a difference in laws from state to state. […]
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