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A new report from the Human Rights Watch documents an epidemic of sexual harassment and violence against female immigrant farm workers by employers.  The 95-page report found that hundreds of thousands of immigrant girls and women employed as farm workers are sexually abused. While the report describes several cases of rape, stalking, fondling and vulgar …

A scandal at Best Buy has elevated the  issue of romance in the workplace, especially involving romances between bosses and subordinates. Romantic relationships can be a minefield for companies, causing a major upheaval which can expose them to lawsuits and loss of jobs amongst employees. At Best Buy, Brian Dunn, a 52-year-old CEO  was allegedly …

A former Kansas City woman who converted to Islam in 2005, said she was harassed for years at AT&T, and that the abuse boiled over in 2008 when her boss snatched her headscarf and exposed her hair. Her face framed by a white scarf covering her head and hair Susann Bashir grew sad Friday afternoon …

According to research published in the International Journal of Obesity, obese women were more likely to be denied employment, receive lower salaries, and perceived to have less leadership potential. A study conducted at The University of Manchester and Monash University, Melbourne, was published in the International Journal of Obesity, examined whether a recently developed measure …

The Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI), a Bellingham, Washington nonprofit organization, defines bullying as, repeated health-harming mistreatment of a target by one or more perpetrators, including verbal abuse and offensive non-verbal conduct. A  2011 survey by CareerBuilder similarly found that 29% of workers age 55 and older said they had been bullied on the job, compared …