News tagged with workplace harassment
Female supervisors more susceptible to workplace sexual harassment
Women who hold supervisory positions are more likely to be sexually harassed at work, according to the first-ever, large-scale longitudinal study to examine workplace power, gender and sexual harassment.
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Aug 08, 2009 |
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Perceptions of similar language may prevent understanding of sexual harassment policies
Although the Society for Human Resource Management reports that 97 percent of U.S. companies have a written sexual harassment policy, a recent University of Missouri study indicates that those policies might not be effective ...
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Mar 19, 2009 |
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Dominant East Asians face workplace harassment, says study
When they don't conform to common racial stereotypes, such as being non-dominant, even people of East Asian descent are "unwelcome and unwanted by their co-workers," says a new paper from the University of Toronto's Rotman ...
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May 08, 2012 |
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Suit alleges dismissal for intelligent design
(AP) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has landed robotic explorers on the surface of Mars, sent probes to outer planets and operates a worldwide network of antennas that communicates with interplanetary spacecraft.
Mar 11, 2012 |
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Domestic violence not just at home
(PhysOrg.com) -- There is a direct link between domestic violence and productivity in the workplace, with one in five victims experiencing continued harassment from their partners at work, a UNSW study ...
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Dec 08, 2011 |
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Australian sacked for Facebook rant
An Australian man who posted a foul-mouthed rant against management on social networking site Facebook has lost an employment tribunal appeal after he was sacked.
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Threat to employers and workforce productivity
(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey by King's College London and law firm Speechly Bircham reveals that employers are facing a sustained increase in workplace unrest as austerity measures, longer working hours, stress and a genuine ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Law professor studies 'sexing up and dumbing down' of work force
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pick a decade, any decade. From secretaries in miniskirts in the "Mad Men"-style '60s and Southwest Airlines' "hostesses" in hot pants in the "liberated" '70s, to the present-day surge of provocatively dressed ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Out with LGBTQ bullying
Imagine, for a moment, how it feels to be verbally or physically assaulted on a regular basis. In families, it's considered domestic abuse. In workplaces, it's labeled harassment. Both are punishable by law.
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Dec 10, 2010 |
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Redefining sexual discrimination
verbal and nonverbal behaviors that convey insulting, hostile and degrading attitudes to women - is just as distressing for women victims as sexual advances in the workplace. According to Emily Leskinen, Lilia Cortina, and ...
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Aug 05, 2010 |
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Examining Sexual Harassment, Younger Workers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Workplace experiences of adolescents and those in their early 20s differ sharply from those of older workers, and the same can be said about generational perceptions of sexual harassment, according to research ...
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Jun 24, 2010 |
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Feel like someone's watching? You're probably right
Almost every worker has done it: gotten in a little Facebook updating, personal e-mailing, YouTube watching and friend calling while on the clock.
Mar 21, 2010 |
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