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Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Sexual harassment in workplace is becoming a more common issue these days and has turned to be a dismay for women as the percentage of women who face harassment over men has got a major difference in figures. Women between the ages of 18 to 34 are more vulnerable to harassment in workplace. One in every three women are being sexually harassed by some form or the other in their entire career.

The major problem when it come to sexual harassment of women is workplace is that, few of the women don’t realize that they are being harassed at their workplace. According to a survey, almost sixteen percent of the women don’t understand that being subjected to sexist remarks and jokes indeed fall under sexual harassment. This ignorance comes as a set back as a number of actual sexual harassment cases go unrecognized and unreported.

What is the EEOC?
The EEOC currently has a number of on-going lawsuits and settlements of lawsuits. We are looking for people who may have been affected by the unlawful discrimination alleged in these suits. Please read the list below for the name of the company, the type of discrimination, and the basis of the action, and follow the link for each case to learn more.

SEC Announces Largest-Ever Whistleblower Award
Washington D.C., Sept. 22, 2014 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an expected award of more than $30 million to a whistleblower who provided key original information that led to a successful SEC enforcement action. The award will be the largest made by the SEC’s whistleblower program to date and the fourth award to a whistleblower living in a foreign country, demonstrating the program’s international reach. “This whistleblower came to us with information about an ongoing fraud that would have been very difficult to detect,” said Andrew Ceresney, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. “This record-breaking award sends a strong message about our commitment to whistleblowers and the value they bring to law enforcement.” Sean McKessy, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, added, “This award of more than $30 million shows the international breadth of our whistleblower program as we effectively utilize valuable tips from anyone, anywhere to bring wrongdoers to justice. Whistleblowers from all over the world should feel similarly incentivized to come forward with credible information about potential violations of the U.S. securities laws.” The SEC’s whistleblower program rewards high-quality, original information that results in an SEC enforcement action with sanctions exceeding $1 million. Whistleblower awards can range from 10 percent to 30 percent of the money collected in a case.For more info please visit...wrongful termination

Winnetka whistleblower awarded $750,000 by SEC
Eric Scott Hunsader, of Winnetka1, says he would happily have accepted just $1 if regulators had taken him seriously when he first raised the alarm about violations of securities law on the New York Stock Exchange in 2010. Instead, it took the SEC two years to fine the NYSE $5 million for sending price data to customers who paid for proprietary feeds a few seconds before it shared them on the feeds used by the public. That gave the high-frequency traders who could afford the proprietary feeds an unfair advantage over the public, said Hunsader, who called the $5 million fine “way too light — it should have been $100 million. Hunsader runs his market data business, Nanex, above a nail salon in the north suburb, and has made himself the bete noire of wealthy high frequency traders, frequently publicly accusing them of rigging markets at the expense of other investors. Some players in high-frequency trading, which dominates trading volume on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and other exchanges, have accused him of being a conspiracy theorist.For more Info visit..wrongful termination

6 Things to know about workplace sexual harassment
Sexual harassment is a major threat to any society as well as the organization. There are many laws which protect the victim from adverse effects but most of these laws go unnoticed or unrecognized. There are six key things that everyone in a workplace must be aware of regarding sexual harassment. 1. What can be termed as workplace sexual harassment? Any gesture or action that is unwanted and makes you feel uncomfortable can be termed as sexual harassment. Name calling of female co-workers with sexual remarks, unwanted hugging, kissing, offensive touching, sexually suggestive jokes or comments, unwelcome mails, messages or calls with any sexual content falls under sexual harassment. 2. Speak up for yourself The first and the foremost thing that needs to be done is to raise a voice against your harasser when you fall as the victim. You have to first deal with your harasser and make it clear to them that you are not comfortable about their behavior. If the harassment doesn’t stop even after this, you are entitled to move your complaint to any higher level authority of the organization.For more info visit Sexual harassment

Fired for no reason! What are my options?
Wrongful termination is a major case of worry at workplaces as it is a form of illegal discrimination. Every employer is required to provide a reason to the employee if the employee is fired. Termination mostly takes place if the employee fails to meet the requirement standards of the company. In this case, a beforehand warning must have been given to the specific employee. Even after a prior warning, if the employee still does not meet the company standards, he / she can be terminated. But if a person is fired all of a sudden from his work and if he is not given any satisfactory reasons for his termination, it is termed wrongful termination.For more info please visit employment lawyers