What is a “hostile work environment”? In the context of sexual harassment, there is a hostile work environment when an employee is the target of: 1) sexual behaviour that is 2) undesirable and 3) “is severe or pervasive enough to change the terms and conditions of employment.” Our half-day courses in International Labour Law are aimed at in-house lawyers, human resources professionals and human resources managers who need to understand the local labour law landscape. For more information, visit our ELT online portal upon request or contact your DLA Piper labor lawyer. Employers can find the latest information on contracts and working documents, including: executive employment and compensation agreements, employee manuals, sexual harassment policies, independent contractor agreements, social media policies, internet and email usage policies, separation agreements, stock compensation agreements, and employee arbitration agreements. The National Law Review keeps its finger on the pulse of legal developments related to the work. Keep employers and employees up to date with the latest labour law news. We review legal developments, including issues related to interviews and employer review sites such as Glassdoor, Indeed, and Rate My Employer. We cover all aspects of labour and labour disputes, including access to and accommodation for people with disabilities, harassment, retaliation, discrimination, unfair competition and trade secrets, whistleblower actions, business immigration, privacy in the workplace, unlawful dismissal and other issues brought before the courts, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), united united state citizenship and immigration services (“USCIS”), and state and local agencies. Keeping the opposite for Netflix could have upset the way California employers recruit and retain employees, especially in the entertainment industry, where fixed-term contracts are relatively common. While the court of appeal`s recent decision is not published, it likely sends a strong message to those who would debauch a competitor`s employees who are subject to fixed-term contracts. The Court of Appeal also dismissed Netflix`s challenges to the trial court`s standing order that prevented Netflix from recruiting employees on fixed-term employment contracts with Fox or inducing those employees to violate their fixed-term employment contracts. In particular, the Tribunal rejected the argument that the injunction was vague or too broad because Netflix had failed to explain the basis of the objection at the summary hearing, even though it had had ample opportunity to do so. The court also rejected Netflix`s argument that the injunction resulted in some enforcement of personal services contracts, noting that the injunction only applies to Netflix`s illegal conduct — and does not bind Fox`s current or former executives.
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Plaintiff Andrew Rudnicki worked for Farmers Insurance Exchange as a senior executive and attorney in the claims litigation division. Farmers claimed that he ended Rudnicki`s employment after he made sexist and inappropriate remarks (for example, using terms such as “female figure” and “lesbian quota”); fails to address employee concerns about the under-representation of women in leadership positions; and did not adequately respond to non-compliance with document retention protocols in one of its reports.