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SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Sexual harassment is by far the most common form of workplace
harassment. Under state and federal law, unlawful sexual harassment is defined as
unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical
conduct of a sexual nature, under any of the following conditions: (a) submission
to such conduct is made a condition of employment, either expressly or impliedly,
(b) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis
for employment decisions affecting that individual, or (c) such conduct has the
purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance
or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
Examples of sexual harassment include unwelcome sexual propositions or marriage
proposals; unwelcome hugging, kissing, or other offensive physical contact of a
sexual nature; unwelcome lewd gestures, remarks, or innuendoes; unwelcome discussions
of sexual practices or anatomy; and unwelcome sexually offensive posters, photographs,
drawings, cartoons, jokes, stories, nicknames, or comments about appearance.
An employer has the obligation to protect employees from unlawful sexual harassment
by its employees, as well as by third parties such as vendors and customers.
Not only is the employer liable for sexual harassment, but we also pursue the individual
harasser. Furthermore, employers are prohibited from retaliating
as against employees who report sexual harassment.
Our Firm has litigated countless sexual harassment claims which we have brought
on behalf of a variety of individuals, including waitresses, gas attendants, administrative
assistants, cashiers, car wash employees, medical technicians, medical assistants
and high level executives, just to name a few.
We pride ourselves in vigorously representing victims of sexual harassment in order
to obtain the best recovery possible. To that end, we staff all our sexual harassment
cases with a minimum ofTWO employment
law attorneys who dedicate their careers to employee rights
and have fought the biggest corporations and law firms. Our Firm takes sexual harassment
cases on a contingency basis, which means if we do not recover any damages, we do
not receive any attorney’s fees.
For more information and a free consultation with
one of our experienced attorneys call us at (800) 589-9901.
NO RECOVERY-NO FEE. CALL TODAY TO SPEAK WITH AN ATTORNEY
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RECENT VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS IN THE NEWS
>>a 36-year old female, claimed she
was sexually harassed by her supervisor, a long term employee, for a period of one
year... Result: Jury verdict in favor of Plaintiff for $432,500.00
>>California appeals court affirms a sexual harassment award against a city
housing authority in the amounts of $500,000 for emotional distress damages, $173,866
in interest, $611,898 in attorneys' fees, and $11,986 in costs and $30,000 in discovery
sanctions. Walker v. San Francisco Housing Auth., #A0954767, 100 Cal.App.4th 685,
122 Cal.Rptr.2d 758,
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