Although legal redress has long been available for individuals who have been subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace, it’s still a very significant problem in the United States. It can take a couple different forms. Your boss or a supervisor may either offer you work-related benefits in exchange for sexual favors or may threaten […]
A 33-year-old woman has filed a lawsuit against a popular Margate bar, alleging that the owners condoned and even participated in repeated acts of sexual harassment after she took a job as a waitress there in February, 2017. The plaintiff took the job at Tipsy Taco and Tequila Bar on Ventnor to supplement her income […]
Two female officers in the Philadelphia Police Department have alleged that Chief Inspector Carl Holmes sexually harassed them. Michele Vandegrift, a detective who has been on the force for 13 years, filed a lawsuit last summer, alleging that Holmes had made numerous sexual comments to her, and had actually sexually assaulted her in 2007. Vandegrift […]
A civil sexual harassment lawsuit was filed against former Mercer County prosecutor Joseph Bocchini in January, 2017. The complaint, filed by an anonymous subordinate, alleges that Bocchini repeatedly used lewd and suggestive language, and forced himself upon her while working as her supervisor. In papers filed in Mercer County Superior4 Court on January 20, the […]
Please visit our sexual harassment-focused website at http://www.harassmentlawattorneynj.com/ for more detailed information on both harassment and discrimination. WHAT IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT? Sexual harassment can involve a wide range of unwelcome actions from offering employment for sex and graphic comments about someone’s body to physical contact of a sexual nature and targeting a person for special […]
