Reverse Sexual Discrimination
A Growing Trend in the Workplace: Reverse Sexual Harassment
Management 3324
Abstract
With more and more women in the workplace and in positions of supervision reverse sexual harassment has become one of the fastest growing human resource issues today. According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2008) there is over 37 women CEOs in the Fortune 1000 companies and women makeup a little more then 55 percent of the work force. The removal of the glass ceiling has not come without some problems. From 2000 to 2004 reverse sexual harassment charges rose 34 percent. In the one year’s time 2004 to 2005 reverse sexual harassment charges rose 17 percent, doubling the previous four years. With several landmark judgments in New York, New Jersey, and Michigan the precedent has been set for reverse sexual harassment cases and monetary awards.
A Growing Trend in Business: Reverse Sexual Harassment
Every year over 200 men file a reverse sexual harassment charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2008). The charges range from harassment by female co-workers to male bosses ignoring their complaints. It 's always worth knowing what a civil rights case is worth, but since jury awards don 't get reported in the books, the only way to know is through court decisions that pass judgment on them, usually when the losing party tries to reduce the amount. Today we have a better sense of what a reverse sexual harassment is worth.
In the court case of Singleton vs. City of New York (2009) judgment was passed on January 30, 2009 with an award of $300,000 to the plaintiff. In summary, Singleton worked for a female boss and was pursued by her sexually. After every refusal, singleton was victim to some sort of retaliation. He was made to switch shifts, or forced to work over time on short notice, and have requests for vacation time lost. Each time he was made to switch shifts or work overtime turned into an opportunity for his boss to work the same schedule or be in close
Management 3324
Abstract
With more and more women in the workplace and in positions of supervision reverse sexual harassment has become one of the fastest growing human resource issues today. According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2008) there is over 37 women CEOs in the Fortune 1000 companies and women makeup a little more then 55 percent of the work force. The removal of the glass ceiling has not come without some problems. From 2000 to 2004 reverse sexual harassment charges rose 34 percent. In the one year’s time 2004 to 2005 reverse sexual harassment charges rose 17 percent, doubling the previous four years. With several landmark judgments in New York, New Jersey, and Michigan the precedent has been set for reverse sexual harassment cases and monetary awards.
A Growing Trend in Business: Reverse Sexual Harassment
Every year over 200 men file a reverse sexual harassment charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2008). The charges range from harassment by female co-workers to male bosses ignoring their complaints. It 's always worth knowing what a civil rights case is worth, but since jury awards don 't get reported in the books, the only way to know is through court decisions that pass judgment on them, usually when the losing party tries to reduce the amount. Today we have a better sense of what a reverse sexual harassment is worth.
In the court case of Singleton vs. City of New York (2009) judgment was passed on January 30, 2009 with an award of $300,000 to the plaintiff. In summary, Singleton worked for a female boss and was pursued by her sexually. After every refusal, singleton was victim to some sort of retaliation. He was made to switch shifts, or forced to work over time on short notice, and have requests for vacation time lost. Each time he was made to switch shifts or work overtime turned into an opportunity for his boss to work the same schedule or be in close
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