Tag: hostile work environment
Posted in Harassment
California Court Finds Indirect Sexual Harassment Unlawful
Matthew J. Roberts, Esq. June 9, 2025
Unlawful sexual harassment based on a hostile work environment requires unwelcome or unwanted conduct based on a worker’s sex that also occurs with such severity…
Posted in Harassment
Court Rulings Spotlight Complex Harassment Issues in Bailey and Okonowsky Cases
HRWatchdog September 6, 2024
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and Employment Law Subject Matter Expert Vanessa Greene examine two recent court…
Posted in Harassment
A Single Racial Slur May Be Severe Racial Harassment Under FEHA
Matthew J. Roberts, Esq. July 30, 2024
Whether workplace harassment conduct rises to the level of severe or pervasive, as required by California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), is commonly misunderstood,…
Posted in Discrimination
What to Do When an Employee Complains About ‘Discrimination’
Matthew J. Roberts, Esq. May 7, 2021
An employee complained to me that a coworker frequently yells at the employee for parking in the wrong spot and says that the coworker is…