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Critical Race Theory And The Low-Wage Workplace: The Story Of Janitorial Services In California, Leticia M. Saucedo Jan 2022

Critical Race Theory And The Low-Wage Workplace: The Story Of Janitorial Services In California, Leticia M. Saucedo

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Critical race and racial capitalism theories posit that systems and structures in the workplace reinforce each other to create oppressive conditions for groups of workers based on race, national origin, and/or sex. Some of these structures are reproduced from other areas of work and have roots in exploitative labor conditions. Civil rights lawyers attempting to use existing laws or develop new laws to root out these structures face obstacles within and outside the judicial system. This Essay focuses on two laws recently passed in California to protect vulnerable workers: the California Property Service Workers Protection Act, which seeks to protect …


Waging War Against Prior Pay: The Pay Structure That Reenforces The Systemic Gender Discrimination In The Workplace, Jessica Gottsacker Apr 2020

Waging War Against Prior Pay: The Pay Structure That Reenforces The Systemic Gender Discrimination In The Workplace, Jessica Gottsacker

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Costs Vs. Compensation: Legal And Policy Recommendations For Addressing Workplace Sexual Harassment, Heather Mclaughlin, Christine Thomas Jan 2020

Costs Vs. Compensation: Legal And Policy Recommendations For Addressing Workplace Sexual Harassment, Heather Mclaughlin, Christine Thomas

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

The recent #MeToo Movement has unequivocally shown that workplace sexual harassment is a widespread issue. Since December 2017, workers around the globe have shared personal stories of sexual harassment, as well as the tolls it caused on their health and careers. In this Article, we review extant interdisciplinary research on the negative consequences of sexual harassment for workers’ physical, psychological, and behavioral health; their career and earnings trajectories; and for broader organizational culture. Understanding these costs sheds light on how best to reduce and respond to workplace sexual harassment. We offer three suggestions for law and policy: (1) expand legal …


When Both Apply, Does Title Vii Displace Title Ix In Employee-On-Employee Sexual Harassment Cases?, Ryan Butler Sep 2018

When Both Apply, Does Title Vii Displace Title Ix In Employee-On-Employee Sexual Harassment Cases?, Ryan Butler

SLU Law Journal Online

Ryan Butler explores the possibility of an employee-on-employee sexual harassment circuit split, causing some employees to have a remedy under only Title VII, while others may have remedies under both Title VII and Title IX.


Who’S The Boss: The Definition Of A Supervisor In Workplace Harassment Under Vance V. Ball State University, Scott D. Meyers Jan 2015

Who’S The Boss: The Definition Of A Supervisor In Workplace Harassment Under Vance V. Ball State University, Scott D. Meyers

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Employment Law Inside Out: Using The Problem Method To Teach Workplace Law, Rachel Arnow-Richman Jan 2013

Employment Law Inside Out: Using The Problem Method To Teach Workplace Law, Rachel Arnow-Richman

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Proposal To Improve The Workplace Law Curriculum From A Corporate Compliance Perspective, Nicole Buonocore Porter Jan 2013

A Proposal To Improve The Workplace Law Curriculum From A Corporate Compliance Perspective, Nicole Buonocore Porter

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Workplace Harassment In The Academic Environment, Robert J. Tepper, Craig G. White Jan 2011

Workplace Harassment In The Academic Environment, Robert J. Tepper, Craig G. White

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Over the last decade, claims of workplace harassment have received greater attention.[1] Sometimes called “workplace bullying,” such harassment is commonly defined as behavior by a perpetrator that may involve repeated verbal abuse, offensive conduct that may threaten, humiliate, or intimidate a target, or efforts to sabotage a target’s performance.[2] As commonly defined, the subject behavior is intentional, results in physical or psychological harm to the target, and makes the target’s job performance more difficult.[3] At times, perpetrators, who may include administrators and faculty members, combine their efforts to abuse and harass the target, a phenomenon known as …


Hats Off To Them: Muslim Women Stand Against Workplace Religious Discrimination In Geo Group, Nathan K. Bader Jan 2011

Hats Off To Them: Muslim Women Stand Against Workplace Religious Discrimination In Geo Group, Nathan K. Bader

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Preparing The Workplace For Transition: A Solution To Employment Discrimination Based On Gender Identity, Brittany Ems Jan 2010

Preparing The Workplace For Transition: A Solution To Employment Discrimination Based On Gender Identity, Brittany Ems

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


So Much For Equality In The Workplace: The Ever-Changing Standards For Sexual Harassment Claims Under Title Vii, Emily E. Rushing Sep 2001

So Much For Equality In The Workplace: The Ever-Changing Standards For Sexual Harassment Claims Under Title Vii, Emily E. Rushing

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Does The Battle Over Mandatory Arbitration Jeopardize The Eeoc’S War In Fighting Workplace Discrimination?, Julie L. Waters Jul 2000

Does The Battle Over Mandatory Arbitration Jeopardize The Eeoc’S War In Fighting Workplace Discrimination?, Julie L. Waters

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.