Category: Harassment

That lyric comes from “Ain’t No Crime,” track 3 on Billy Joel’s 1973 album Piano Man. It was his second studio album (after 1971’s Cold Spring Harbor).  The title track got all the press (peaking at number 25 on Billboard’s Hot 100) and started Joel on the path to stardom.  “Ain’t No Crime” tells the story of navigating a tumultuous relationship, with too much drinkin’, coming home stinkin’, and falling asleep on the floor. ...

I started practicing law before the Supreme Court even recognized the validity of hostile work environment harassment (HWE) claims in its groundbreaking case Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986).  Developments in this area of employment law over nearly 40 years most recently led to the Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton Co., 590 U.S. 644 (2020), protecting invdividuals from discrimination because of their sexuality or gender...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued updated guidelines pertaining to workplace harassment claims. This is the first update of the harassment guidelines since 1999.   To successfully establish a prima facie case of workplace harassment, an individual must first show that the harassment was based on a protected characteristic. The protected characteristics with which the EEOC covers include race, color, religion, sex,...