Workplace Harassment

A Brazilian labour court ordered German automaker Mercedes-Benz to pay the equivalent of $7.3 million in damages for discrimination and harassment suffered by workers at a factory in Sao Paulo state.

A 27-year-old woman, working at a bank in Uttar Pradesh, died by suicide at her home, allegedly after suffering six months of intense bullying, body-shaming and mental torture at her work place.

A top US banking regulator offered his resignation Monday after an independent report found evidence of widespread sexual misconduct and a "patriarchal" culture at the agency he leads.

Union Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Smriti Irani said that she opposed the Menstrual Hygiene Policy because she did not want women to face discrimination and harassment at the workplace over it.

Supreme Court quashed a Gauhati High Court verdict setting aside an order of penalty of withholding 50 per cent pension of a former employee of the Service Selection Board in a sexual harassment case levelled by a woman, who was his junior.

The Delhi HC has held there is "absolutely nothing" that limits the scope of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, to cases where a woman employee is sexually harassed by another employee working in her own office or department.

A court in Maharashtra's Thane district sentenced a chairman of a commercial premises to six months of rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing a woman employee.

Elon Musk was forced through a months-long court battle to buy Twitter on Thursday, but numerous lawsuits remain against the world's richest person and electric carmaker Tesla, where he is the CEO.

Thursday's lawsuit is the latest against Tesla, which has been accused of racial discrimination and sexual harassment in its factories.

The new lawsuit is the latest against Tesla, which has been accused of racial discrimination and sexual harassment in its factories. CEO Elon Musk and Tesla Board have been accused of neglecting to tackle complaints about workplace discrimination and harassment.

Calling a man bald in the workplace falls within the purview of sexual harassment, an employment tribunal in England has concluded.

Microsoft said it is opening an inquiry into how it responds to workplace sexual harassment and gender discrimination, including its handling of allegations about co-founder Bill Gates.

California's civil rights regulator is investigating Google's treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination.

One in three people working in Australia's parliament have experienced sexual harassment, a report published on Tuesday said, following an independent inquiry into parliamentary workplace culture.

A former Apple employee who had filed a whistleblower complaint related to Apple's use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) has inspired draft legislation in Washington state that seeks to restrict companies' use of NDAs in settlements of workplace harassment and discrimination claims.

A Brazilian labour court ordered German automaker Mercedes-Benz to pay the equivalent of $7.3 million in damages for discrimination and harassment suffered by workers at a factory in Sao Paulo state.

A 27-year-old woman, working at a bank in Uttar Pradesh, died by suicide at her home, allegedly after suffering six months of intense bullying, body-shaming and mental torture at her work place.

A top US banking regulator offered his resignation Monday after an independent report found evidence of widespread sexual misconduct and a "patriarchal" culture at the agency he leads.

Union Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Smriti Irani said that she opposed the Menstrual Hygiene Policy because she did not want women to face discrimination and harassment at the workplace over it.

Supreme Court quashed a Gauhati High Court verdict setting aside an order of penalty of withholding 50 per cent pension of a former employee of the Service Selection Board in a sexual harassment case levelled by a woman, who was his junior.

The Delhi HC has held there is "absolutely nothing" that limits the scope of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, to cases where a woman employee is sexually harassed by another employee working in her own office or department.

A court in Maharashtra's Thane district sentenced a chairman of a commercial premises to six months of rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing a woman employee.

Elon Musk was forced through a months-long court battle to buy Twitter on Thursday, but numerous lawsuits remain against the world's richest person and electric carmaker Tesla, where he is the CEO.

Thursday's lawsuit is the latest against Tesla, which has been accused of racial discrimination and sexual harassment in its factories.

The new lawsuit is the latest against Tesla, which has been accused of racial discrimination and sexual harassment in its factories. CEO Elon Musk and Tesla Board have been accused of neglecting to tackle complaints about workplace discrimination and harassment.

Calling a man bald in the workplace falls within the purview of sexual harassment, an employment tribunal in England has concluded.

Microsoft said it is opening an inquiry into how it responds to workplace sexual harassment and gender discrimination, including its handling of allegations about co-founder Bill Gates.

California's civil rights regulator is investigating Google's treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination.

One in three people working in Australia's parliament have experienced sexual harassment, a report published on Tuesday said, following an independent inquiry into parliamentary workplace culture.

A former Apple employee who had filed a whistleblower complaint related to Apple's use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) has inspired draft legislation in Washington state that seeks to restrict companies' use of NDAs in settlements of workplace harassment and discrimination claims.