Reilly And Wolf Case Summary

Sexual harassment was made illegal in the workplace under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This article “protects individuals against employment discrimination on the bases of race and color, as well as national origin, sex, and religion” (“Title VII”). Although the bill was originally passed to combat the “growing unrest in the country emanating from the pervasive and egregious racial discrimination and segregation exposed during the civil rights protests in the 1960s,” it has since grown to encompass all areas of discrimination in the field of employment (“Pre 1965”). The same act also created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce

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VA Empl. Comm’n, 1997 Va. App. LEXIS 178 (Va. Ct. App. Mar. 18, 1997). (citing Umbarger v. Virginia Empl. Comm’n, 404 S.E.2d 380, 383 (Va. Ct. App. 1990)). In Gardner v. Hercules the court found that an employee who becomes dissatisfied with their work environment must pursue every available option to alleviate or correct the environment before he or she can quit her job. Gardner v. Hercules, Inc., 1996 Va. App. LEXIS 22 (Va. Ct. App. Jan. 16, 1996). Furthermore in Smith v. S.W. Rodgers the plaintiff was sexually harassed by direct managers. Smith v. S.W. Rogers Co., 1999 Va. App. LEXIS 436 (Va. Ct. App. July 20, 1999). Plaintiff complained to other managers that were on the same level as the manager who were sexually harassing her, but not to higher management for fear of retaliation. Id. However, plaintiff finally reported it, but decided not to return to work. The court found that although her sexual assault claim was legitimate, the plaintiff had not allowed the situation to resolve prior to quitting and therefore she did not quit with good cause. Id. In order to find “good cause” the court looks for factors or circumstances which

A workplace, such as the Manhattan law firm in question, should not have a high-heel requirement for female receptionists and secretaries. Heels are known to have physically damaging effects on feet, which is a health risk that is only put on women. There are no benefits to wearing heels in a receptionist or secretary position, other than for aesthetic purposes. This perpetuates the stereotype that women should look pleasing in the workplace. Sex-based stereotyping is a form of sex discrimination. Therefore, requiring female receptionists and secretaries to wear heels violates Title VII on the basis of sex discrimination.

The process of following a case according to court rules is known as litigation. In the current American workplace there many disputes which cannot go an ignored, it is evident that compassion and common sense in the workplace has been replaced. Employees, business managers and any other person in the workplace should importantly abide by all laws and regulations to protect the organization. It is unlawful as well as immoral to deny a person opportunity basing on his race, sexual orientation and colour. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has to act within their mandate. The Human Resource Department should facilitate this by setting up a structured net in which these laws will be enforced in the workplace to ensure the safety,

Paul Morel, a former employee of Baxter Heaton, LLP, has brought suit against his former employer for sexual harassment and hostile work environment under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a). The defendant, Baxter Heaton, respectfully requests the court to grant summary judgment against Morel. A reasonable employee would not have perceived the work environment to be hostile and Morel himself did not perceive the environment to be hostile. Also, Morel cannot impute his co-worker’s conduct to the firm because the firm was not negligent in handling the matter.

In Redd v. New York State Division of Parole, the Court ruled that a female employee had a viable claim for hostile environment sexual harassment. The employee accused her supervisor of homosexual advances when she repeatedly touched the employees the breasts. Initially, her complaint was dismissed on the grounds that the touching was minor and incidental and had occurred because of the plaintiff’s sex. The appeal court reversed the decision holding that, “with respect to a hostile work environment claim, there must be pervasive acts that create an abusive working environment. The record showed that there were a number of incidents that could lead a reasonable jury to infer sexual harassment” (“Second Circuit”,

he Supreme Court ruled that based off their interpretation of R. V. Mann, 2004 SCC 52 that a search can not be deemed reasonable based off “...a vague concern for safety”, but rather “ ...reasonable and specific inferences drawn from the known facts of the situation”. Taking this into consideration, as well as, the circumstances surrounding the MacDonald case, the SCC concluded that the decision to slightly push the door open was a reasonable search because,. the SCC felt that since the duty of an officer is to protect and preserve public safety; in accordance with the fact that when officers at work are faced with a “...realistic risk of imminent harm”, which the judge feels was indisputably present, based of the following facts: “ 1. Mr. MacDonald had his hand behind his leg and was clearly holding an object; 2. “what he was holding was “black and shiny” and therefore could have been a weapon; and” 3. “when twice asked what he had behind his back, he refused to answer or to provide any explanation.” ,that his search was well within the parameters of the law as an officer may take reasonable action to ensure safety and asses the situation, and in this case, only the required amount of intrusion to ensure safety was taken, thus the

In Burlington Industries v. Ellerth 24 US 742 (1998), the plaintiff, Kimberly Ellerth, sued her former employer, Burlington Industries, for sexual harassment by her supervisor, Ted Slowik. Ellerth stated that Slowik made comments, such as Ellerth needed to “loosen up” and “you know, Kim, I could make your life very hard or very easy at Burlington”. When Ellerth was being considered for a promotion, Slowik expressed reservations during the promotion interview because she was not “loose enough”. Statute MGL c.151B§1(18) states that if the request can be explicitly, or as in Ellerth’s case, implicitly as a condition of employment decisions, there is quid pro quo sexual harassment.

Laboratory tests can be done to better assess Mr Reidi's condition. Tests such as LDL cholesterol level, blood triglycerides , and HDL cholesterol level. Blood glucose level in patients with diabetes; serum potassium level in patents using diuretics, and antihypertensive medications. Blood clotting times in patients using anticoagulants, and any indicators of fluid retention in patients with heart failure. These laboratory tests are done is to assess this client with heart disease.

Since Oakwick is so small, open space is not ample to create recreational opportunities for the young persons of Oakwick. As the chief financial officer, dissecting this offer there are a few positives and a few negatives of this offer. If ABCXYZ relocates, Oakwick will lose over $1 million in property tax over the next 5 years in property tax for the property that they are selling to Oakwick. If indeed half of the staff at ABCXYZ relocates with their business, the revenue created through property taxes, sales tax and any local tax will decrease as well. The positive to ABCXYZ relocating is the idea that Oakwick will obtain a 63 acre parcel to build into a recreational area for the young persons. This could potentially bring recreation such

Regarding effective policies and processes to prevent and handle sexual harassment, one important factor is the federal law Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act under which sexual harassment is prohibited in the United States ("Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964," n.d.). More over, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been granted powers to enforce the Act ("EEOC," n.d.). Throughout the interview, several topics are addressed to bring clarification to uncertainties with procedures for handling

Question 5: The strategies used by the beverage industry are by having the ABA post blogs about the health systems obsession with the beverage industry. “Criticized the Departments of Health’s previous information campaigns as misleading (Swann 113).” By bringing in an outside source to help advocate for them the beverage industry was able to gather more ground with their campaign.

The Court of Appeals overturned that a violation of Title VII may predicate on either of two types of sexual harassment, employment benefits on sexual favors, and a hostile or offensive working environment. As to the bank 's liability, the Court of Appeals held that an employer is liable for sexual harassment by supervisory personnel, whether or not the employer knew or should have known about it. US Supreme Court (1986)

Due to the restocking fee that was introduced by the textbook publisher McGraw-Hill on returned textbooks, a conflict rose between Barnes & Noble College Bookstores and McGraw-Hill publishing. There were lots of environmental factors that contributed to such channel conflict.