WORKPLACE HARASSMENTS

Eight former employees of SpaceX sued Elon Musk for wrongful termination due to raising concerns about sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace.

Workers fired by SpaceX filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Elon Musk of fostering a sexist "Dark Ages" culture at the company he founded. The fired workers have already filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board, but that has been ...

Eight engineers have filed a lawsuit against SpaceX and Elon Musk, alleging wrongful termination and sexual harassment. The engineers claim they were fired for raising concerns about Musk's behavior and a sexist culture at SpaceX. SpaceX has denied ...

HSBC Toxic workplace (Google Trends): HSBC employee Nitika Kumari's LinkedIn post about workplace toxicity has gone viral. She detailed incidents of ethnic insensitivity and objectifying remarks, highlighting inadequate responses from management and...

A recent analysis of 300 NSE listed companies reveals a concerning trend in reporting sexual harassment complaints under the POSH Act. Despite a rise in complaints, many companies reported zero cases, indicating possible non-compliance. Larger compa...

Surveys in the US have revealed that Networking sites have emerged as top choices for finding potential dates. Professional networking sites are believed to assist in a targeted approach.

In India, women face significant barriers in the workplace, from the burden of unpaid care work to the gender pay gap. Despite anti-harassment policies like the POSH Act, compliance remains a challenge, contributing to the "leaky pipeline" where wom...

Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt has quit from her position due to alleged harassment by the organization. Miss Teen USA Sofia Srivastava too left due to ‘non-alignment’ of personal and organizational values, as per a report.

The lawsuit against Kanye West alleges that he engaged in lewd behaviour and shared nude photos with employees during a meeting at Nobu Hotel in Malibu, California. Trevor Phillips, a former staffer, claims West made inappropriate sexual remarks, si...

A recent expose reveals a culture of harassment and discrimination within Citigroup's equities unit in New York. Interviews with 22 insiders describe a decade-long pattern of misconduct, including ogling female colleagues, rating them by looks, and ...

The ministry of social justice and empowerment has notified Equal Opportunities Policy for Transgender Persons to ensure fair treatment of transgender individuals and create an environment free from discrimination, harassment and bias at the workpla...

The institute appointed Saibal Chattopadhyay as its director-in-charge, replacing Sahadeb Sarkar who took charge just two months ago. IIM-Calcutta had earlier received a written complaint under POSH Act against Sarkar.

A Los Angeles-based regional director for the National Labour Relations Board on Wednesday filed a complaint that consolidates eight unfair labour practice charges against SpaceX.

While due diligence is non-negotiable, and using technicalities to suspend an organisation is kosher, the signalling has been awful. It seems like an afterthought, a damage-control exercise to offset bad handling of the case from January, when natio...

Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay about $54 million to settle discrimination claims brought by California's civil rights agency on behalf of women employed by the video game maker.

Activision Blizzard will pay $50 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit by California's Civil Rights Department (CRD) alleging discrimination against women employees, including denying promotion opportunities and underpaying them. The CRD will withdraw th...

California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) had sued the "Call of Duty" maker after two years of investigation over allegations that it routinely underpaid and failed to promote female employees and condoned sexual harassment.

Supreme Court has quashed a Gauhati High Court verdict setting aside an order of penalty of withholding of 50 per cent pension of a former employee of the Service Selection Board in a sexual harassment case levelled by a woman subordinate. The order...

A lack of awareness on redressal mechanisms for general grievances in some companies, and a feeling among many employees that since PoSH is a women-centric and robust workplace law their cases will find a fair hearing and redressal if filed under it...