After months of allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct, and following multiple complaints against him from the Legislature, Dennis Gabryszak finally caved to the pressure and announced he would retire.After the story broke, the state assemblyman said he would...
Following charges of sexual harassment, New York Assemblyman Micah Kellner has lost his unpaid chairmanship and has been banned from leadership posts after an ethics committee found him guilty of sexual harassment and for creating a hostile work environment. The...
Three former aides of an upstate New York assemblyman have filed complaints of sexual harassment, accusing him of inappropriate sexual behavior and use of sexually explicit comments in their presence. They state he wanted to seek the services of local massage parlors...
A recent movie, Anchorman, makes fun of sexual harassment on the job, but as some reports indicate, the Hollywood comedy contains a grain of truth. Female journalists face a unique set of challenges in the media, and new studies suggest they are subject to dangerous...
In one of the most comprehensive, system-wide agreements in the history of the Department of Education, management promised to deal more effectively with sexual harassment and assault cases at State University Systems in New York. The changes come following a sweeping...
An unpaid intern not only does not earn money at the workplace, he or she has no protection under the state's sexual harassment laws. Technically, since interns do not receive a paycheck or other remuneration such as pension and life insurance, they do not count as...
A young woman employed by a non-profit agency in the Bronx filed sexual harassment charges against her boss after she was fired from the agency. The woman states she was let go since she refused to accept sexual advances by her male supervisor on numerous occasions....
A 50-year-old immigrant from the Dominican Republic has sued the Grant Hyatt Hotel of New York over claims of sexual harassment. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday and also charges her union and the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council,...
If an employee is asked to perform a job that involves a sensitive area, where does one draw the line between appropriate and invasive? That is precisely the question a young esthetician asked by refusing to practice Brazilian wax on her coworker and refusing to get...
A female member of the New York Police Department has filed a sexual harassment suit against her supervisor alleging he made suggestive remarks about her body and touched her inappropriately. A subsequent psychiatric exam concluded the stress caused by the incidents...
