According to the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Annual Report on Compliance with Anti-Sexual Harassment Training Requirements, only 62% of NYC Department of Education employees completed their mandatory sexual harassment training requirement in 2022. This figure was the lowest among the roughly 100 City agencies surveyed and well below the still-abysmal [...]

The New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) recently published proposed revisions to its Model Sexual Harassment Policy for All Employers in New York State. The revised document proposes several critical revisions to the model policy that has been in effect since 2018. Should the revisions be adopted, which is expected, employers would be required [...]

According to a February 13, 2023 report in the SF Chronicle, fast food chain Shake Shack has voluntarily agreed to pay a former employee $20,000 following alleged gender identity harassment and failure to remedy the situation. The California Civil Rights Department investigated the individual’s claim and found incidents of purposeful use of incorrect pronouns and [...]