Electric carmaker Tesla has settled a former employee’s lawsuit alleging severe sexual harassment and retaliatory firing. Tyonna Turner’s complaint is one of several filed since 2021 accusing the carmaker of widespread harassment of female and Black workers at its...
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NY Philharmonic Facing an Uproar Since a Recent Magazine Article Detailed Allegations of a 2010 Sexual Assault by Two Principal Players against another Female Player
The New York Philharmonic is one of the most well-known orchestras in the country, but has recently been rocked by a sexual assault scandal amongst its musicians. The alleged sexual assault occurred more than a decade ago, but details only recently became public in a...
Former BlackBerry Employee Alleges Company CEO Sexually Harassed Her
A former Blackberry employee in California is suing the company’s new CEO John Giamatteo for sexual harassment and retaliation. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, allleges Giametteo harassed the employee in 2021 and...
Hollywood’s reckoning: Unveiling the impact of the expired New York Adult Survivors’ Act
The recent expiration of New York’s Adult Survivors’ Act elicited mixed reactions, marking a pivotal moment in the entertainment industry’s history. This temporary legal provision, enabling survivors of sexual assault to pursue lawsuits for decades-old incidents, sent...
EEOC sues California food companies for sexual harassment and retaliation
Two Monterey Park food companies are accused of subjecting male and female workers to repeated verbal and physical sexual harassment. According to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), multiple complaints have been made since...
McDonald’s franchisee to pay $2M over sexual harassment complaints
In early January, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that McDonald’s franchise owner AMTCR will pay nearly $2 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed on behalf of fast-food workers in California, Nevada and Arizona. The...
California Winery Sued over Sexual Harassment Allegations
According to a new filing by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Justin Vineyards & Winery in Paso Robles allowed male managers to sexually harass female workers for more than five years. The EEOC filed a lawsuit on Aug. 25 claiming that the...
Navy Shipbuilder Settles Lawsuit after Sued by the EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
From early fall 2017 to late spring 2018, a male supervisor threatened female workers who were part of a cleaning crew at a Mississippi shipyard that they could lose their jobs unless they had sex with him. According to a federal lawsuit, he threatened to kill one...
Cal State employees say university leaders ignore harassment complaints
Students and faculty at the nation’s largest university system expressed frustration over multiple incidents involving sexual assault, sexual harassment, workplace retaliation and racism. The comments were made during the Cal State Board of Trustees’ regular May...
Report: SpaceX paid $250k to settle Musk harassment claim
Online financial news website Insider reports that in 2018, SpaceX paid $250,000 over a sexual harassment claim by a flight attendant against CEO Elon Musk. The flight attendant who accused Musk did not speak directly with Insider. According to another source who...