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In trying to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace, how do we go beyond just training? That is, in essence, the question that my colleagues (Jarad Lucan and Ashley Marshall) and I have been talking about recently. And, fortunately for you, a topic of a free CLE webinar we are putting on a few weeks.  It’s set for February 13th at 12 p.m. What we are really looking at is how do you get your company culture and actions in line to try to reduce and eradicate sexual harassment from your workplace? It does not, obviously, happen overnight.  Perhaps it’s revising your policies. Perhaps it’s adding an ombudsman program if you’re large enough. Or perhaps it involves encouragement of employee complaints so that you can tackle the issue more directly. There is no one size fits all to this but it’s an important enough topic (naturally) that we wanted to devote a CLE webinar just to this. Hope you can join us for this timely topic. The post Beyond Trai...

My partner Gary Starr returns with this pre-Thanksgiving tale that seems appropriate not for the holiday, but for the headlines of late.  Happy Thanksgiving and stay out of trouble. Another day, another celebrity figure accused of harassment. Or worse. Many of the accounts reveal the abuse of power and the lack of respect shown to women.  A recent case adds another aspect to the ways in which harassment or discrimination against women may occur.  While the case is out of New York, the scenario is one that has applicability in states like Connecticut. The basic facts: A chiropractor hired an attractive yoga and message therapist to his office staff. While he oversaw the medical aspects of the business, his wife served as the chief operating officer. During the therapist’s six months of employment, she described her relationship with the doctor as professional. His wife, however, was disturbed by her presence. Within 3 months, the chiropractor commented...

Over the weekend, I finished binge-watching Apple TV+’s The Morning Show and had two immediate reactions. First off, OMG these people are  not social-distancing .  The workplace is so crowded! WHERE ARE THEIR MASKS? But after that, I was impressed that the show presented a fairly complicated (at least for a drama) presentation of the #MeToo movement and sexual harassment. Remember #MeToo? It seems like it was years ago that Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for various sex crimes.  Yet it was just last month. But because this pandemic is so all-consuming that news quickly became a footnote. In fact, since then, there’s been very little discussion about the #MeToo movement. Which got me thinking: What  does happen to #MeToo as this pandemic rages on? I think the answer is far more nuanced than any clickbait headline could suggest.  Certainly, the lack of in-person interactions — business travel, restaurant meetings, general ...