Below are laws, cases, research, current developments and advocacy resources relating to sexual harassment in employment.
Laws
These provisions allow for punitive and compensatory damages ...
These provisions allow for equitable remedies, including back pay, and injunctive relief ...
In August of 2019, the Illinois governor passed a new sexual harassment law, strengthening protections in several areas: ...
In 2019, New York state passed and Governor Cuomo signed a new sexual harassment law. The law: ...
Cases
Munford v. James T. Barnes & Co., 441 F. Supp. 459 (E.D. Mich. 1977)This case brought by Maxine Munford inspired ...
Continental Can Co., Inc. v. State, 297 N.W.2d 241 (Minn. 1980) was the first coworker harassment case brought by Willie ...
In the first Supreme Court on sexual harassment, the Justices ruled in Meritor Saving Bank, FBS v. Vinson, 477 U.S ...
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co., 824 F. Supp. 847 (D. Minn. 1993) was the first successful class action lawsuit. The ...
In Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., 510 U.S. 17 (1993), the Supreme Court ruled on whether an employee has to ...
Research
The Shield of Silence: How Power Perpetuates a Culture of Harassment and Bullying in the Workplace, By Lauren Stiller Rikleen ...
African American Women In Defense of Ourselves, New York Times, 1992, a response to the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings by ...
"In the waning months of 2017, Americans endured an almost daily barrage of news reports describing sexual harassment by powerful ...
Restaurant Opportunities Centers and Forward Together, The Glass Floor: Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry (2014) By looking at the ...
Current Developments
This Hulu documentary gives inside story of the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein, revealing how, over decades, he acquires ...
In August of 2019, the Illinois governor passed a new sexual harassment law, strengthening protections in several areas: ...
In 2019, New York state passed and Governor Cuomo signed a new sexual harassment law. The law: ...
The Shield of Silence: How Power Perpetuates a Culture of Harassment and Bullying in the Workplace, By Lauren Stiller Rikleen ...
Unstoppable Town Hall: Survivors Share Their Stories ...
Advocacy and Activism
Equal Rights Advocates provides legal resources and assistance to people experiencing sexual harassment in employment and at schools. They have ...
An organization of farmworker women, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, published an open letter to Hollywood celebrities in Time magazine of ...
Over 300 Hollywood celebrities responded to the farmworker women's letter with an open letter of their own published in the ...
African American Women In Defense of Ourselves, New York Times, 1992, a response to the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings by ...
Unstoppable Town Hall: Survivors Share Their Stories ...