No one likes a tattle tale, but it is not advisable to use your fists to stand up to bullies at work. Unfortunately, harassment and bullying take place in the...
Are you a waitress being sexually harassed by your customers?
The restaurant industry has more sexual harassment claims than any other sector in the United States. This could be due to several factors including the customer is always right culture...
Harassment in the Workplace Moves Online
With the shift to remote work given the COVID-19 pandemic, harassment claims could have decreased since employers canceled business trips, conferences, and happy hours. However, it appears that the harassment...
How can employers help reduce the chance of workplace harassment that may arise as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic? Employers play a big role in helping reduce the chance...
Discrimination and COVID-19: Know Your Protections
Recently issued guidance from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office tackles questions about discrimination and harassment related to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. It looks at discrimination and harassment as it...
New Jersey’s Proposed New Legislation to Address Sexual Misconduct Within Political Campaigns
In an unprecedented move, New Jersey Senator Vin Gopal (D-11) and a bipartisan team of state legislators are set to introduce “first of its kind” legislation to provide oversight over...
Waitress and Waiter Sexual Harassment
The restaurant industry witnesses pervasive sexual harassment. Alarming reports suggest that up to 90% of women and 70% of men experience a form of sexual harassment in the restaurant industry....
Facebook CEO’s Security Chief Faces Sexual Harassment Allegations
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a security detail to protect him 24/7. However, Zuckerberg’s chief of security, Liam Booth, now faces allegations of sexual harassment. Booth has 25 years of...
McDonald’s Faces Charges of Sexual Harassment
McDonald’s Faces Charges of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace McDonald’s is facing allegations of sexual harassment from its employees. Twenty-five women have recently filed sexual harassment lawsuits against the...
Google Misconduct Exit Package
In early March, it was revealed that Google’s parent company Alphabet had paid former executive Amit Singhal close to $45 million dollars when he resigned back in 2016. This was...
Armen McOmber Designated a Certified Trial Attorney by NJ Supreme Court
Congratulations Armen McOmber The Certified Civil Trial Attorney designation is awarded to attorneys based upon experience, education, knowledge and skill in civil trial law. The standards set by the Supreme...
Employees Forced to Crawl
A Zaozhuang City, China beauty company subjected some of its employees to a public spectacle that may qualify as a hostile work environment. Certain female employees that did not achieve...
New Initiatives for Sexual Harassment at Dartmouth
Dartmouth College is reeling from a sexual misconduct scandal involving several of its professors. In November 2018, seven women filed a federal lawsuit against the Ivy League school, alleging that...
Actor Kevin Spacey Charged with Sexual Assault
In Massachusetts this past December, the Cape and Islands district attorney announced plans to charge actor Kevin Spacey with felony assault. The charge stems from an alleged encounter Spacey had...
Workplace Confidentiality Rules Challenged
Matthew A. Luber, a partner with McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C. is representing two plaintiffs in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit that was filed in early January. This case...
Murphy Administration Ignored Rape Claim
A former Murphy gubernatorial campaign volunteer and current administration official told a NJ Legislature committee in early December that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by a colleague. She claimed...
