Rojgar Job News

It happened again, last week.  An employer was sued. Wait, what’s that? A new lawsuit gets filed EVERY day against employers?  (Actually, in federal court, at least 11885 employment lawsuits were filed in 2017. Far more than one a day.) But last week, there were a bunch of headlines – a new sexual harassment lawsuit filed against a major Connecticut employer. (I’m not going to mention it here for reasons that will become apparent in a second). News organizations ate the new lawsuit up picking up scurrilous allegations that were even denied by some of the people involved. This, of course, isn’t the first time that this happened — that is, news organizations publishing the fact that a lawsuit was filed. Why? Is it really news? Reporters would say yes, the public has a right to know.  And in fairness to them, a new lawsuit may have some newsworthiness. But I’d argue that many reports about lawsuits get published for far simpler reasons ...