An issue often arises in connection with the off-duty conduct of employees of whether an employee can be disciplined or even discharged by his employer based on such off-duty conduct. This answer to this question will often depend on the facts surrounding the employee’s conduct. Where the conduct is offensive…
It is not unlikely for employees to have their words and/or conduct to be misinterpreted by their co-workers and have their colleague accuse them of sexual harassment without sufficient reason. An employer has a duty to investigation all sexual harassment allegations. Failure to do so may subject the employer to…
Many people believe that sexual harassment is an unlawful conduct at work place which involves unwelcome sexual advances of a co-worker or a supervisor such as sexual innuendos, offensive touching, unwanted flirting, sexual e-mails and text messages, and alike. Although those are typical examples of a situation which is likely to…
It is commonly known that sexual harassment at workplace involves unwelcome acts of sexual nature by a co-workers or a supervisor, such as unwelcome touching, repeated unwanted propositioning, conditioning employment or promotion on sexual favors, etc. Offensive conduct, however, need not be sexual in nature to create a hostile work…