Sexual harassment does not have to be repetitive to be considered unlawful. It could be one egregious act or a series of small incidents when combined is enough to totally change the conditions of your employment. In short, you have to look at whether...

It is going to depend on where you file and what claims you allege. So it is important that you reach out and talk to an employment lawyer here at Lipsky Lowe before you make that decision. But generally speaking, damages in this area...

If you're a victim of sexual harassment, under New York State in New York City law, you have three years to bring a claim. Under federal law it's different. You have 300 days to file what's called a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity...

Last updated May 24, 2023

The nature of a hostile work environment under the Federal and New York State Law is that the conduct of an individual against another has to be severe and pervasive, such that a reasonable...

If your supervisor is sexually harassing you or you've seen a supervisor sexually harassing someone, you are legally protected by going to human resource or complaining to another manager about that sexual harassment. Under federal, New York and New York City law, an employer...

It is absolutely worthwhile to file a complaint of sexual harassment where the actions creating the harassment are limited to comments, verbal acts. In fact, many of the cases we handle are exactly that nature. They're comments, statements, unwelcome jokes, epithets things of that...

Doesn't matter if no one has witnessed the sexual harassment. If you've been sexually harassed at work, the employer is breaking the law. You have two options. You could go Human Resources to complain about the sexual harassment or you could contact one of...

  It's no big deal if a person is harassed; it's all done in "good fun." It truly is a myth to think that things that are done jokingly are all in good fun, just one of the guys kind of thing, that's the way we've...

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), sexual harassment complaints are on the rise. In 2018, sexual harassment claims filed with the EEOC increased by more than 13 percent over the previous year while the number of lawsuits involving sexual misconduct filed by the commission doubled. If you have been subjected...