By looking at the rate and types of sexual harassment experienced by current and former restaurant workers through national surveys and rigorous analysis, the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United and Forward Together provide the most accurate picture to date of sexual harassment in the restaurant industry in The Glass Floor: Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry.
PBS Frontline: Rape in the Fields (2013)
FRONTLINE and Univision partner to tell the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America’s fields and packing plants pay to stay employed and provide for their families. This investigation is the result of a yearlong reporting effort by veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley, and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
In Kolstad v. American Dental Association, 527 U.S. 526 (1999), the Supreme Court ruled on when a jury can award punitive damages against an employer.
In Crawford v. Metro. Gov’t. of Nashville and Davidson Cnty. Tenn., 555 U.S. 271 (2009), the Supreme Court offered guidance on what qualifies as protected activity and retaliation.
In Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders, 542 U.S. 129 (2004), the Supreme Court evaluated the circumstances under which an employee might bring a successful constructive discharge case against an employer.
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc., 523 U.S. 75 (1998) ruled that Title VII prohibits same-sex sexual harassment.
For oral argument: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1997/96-568
Joseph Oncale and his attorneys.
In Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., 510 U.S. 17 (1993), the Supreme Court ruled on whether an employee has to prove that sexually harassing conduct seriously affected their psychological well being in order to win a Title VII case.
“In the waning months of 2017, Americans endured an almost daily barrage of news reports describing sexual harassment by powerful men in entertainment, media, politics and law. While sexual harassment had been headline news before — most notably, during the 1991 Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas debacle — never had so many victims joined hands and come forward demanding change. The media spotlight presented a tremendous opportunity to reframe sexual harassment from an individual, personal and idiosyncratic instance of sexual desire to a common abuse of gender and economic power affecting millions of working women and men on a daily basis…”
Crain, Marion G. and Matheny, Kenneth, Sexual Harassment and Solidarity (March 26, 2018). George Washington Law Review, Forthcoming; Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 18-03-04.
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Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742 (1998), a companion case to Faragher, ruled on employer liability for sexual harassment.
