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Hard Conversations About Soft Targets: DHS Workshop Aims to Save Lives in Mass Shootings  HSTodayWith an escalating rate of active-shooter incidents and an alarming spike in the number of casualties inflicted in attacks on often soft targets, private-sector ...

New York Extends Pay Equity Act to All Protected Classes  JD SupraThe New York State Legislature has passed an amendment to New York's Achieve Pay Equity Act (the “Act”), which will prohibit pay discrimination against any ...

Is your business prepared to manage a crisis?  Long Island Business NewsWhen a crisis hits your business, handling it properly requires professional help.

Joe Biden, Get Out of Stonewall  TruthoutOn Tuesday, June 18th presidential candidate Joe Biden paid an unannounced visit to the Stonewall Inn. He smiled, took selfies with the staff, and spoke about ...

Understanding The Sexual Harassment Of Women At Workplace Act, 2013  Youth Ki AwaazSexual Harassment can be termed as unwanted or unwelcome deliberate advancements of verbal or physical actions towards a person which make them ...

Kering Wants to End Violence Against Women  Jing DailyFor the past decade, Kering Foundation has supported programs and initiatives that address problems such as toxic masculinity and violence against women.

CFMEU must 'clean own house first' after Setka conviction  The Australian Financial ReviewDomestic violence campaigners say the CFMEU must confront Setka's conviction after a video emerged showing its senior leaders speaking out against abuse.

New York Vastly Expands Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Protections  LexologyIn a flurry of activity, the New York State Legislature has passed, and the Governor has indicated that he will sign, a number of new measures aimed…

'As visible as possible': NIU project director on being out, headed to Chicago Pride Parade Sunday  DeKalb Daily ChronicleDeKALB – When suggested to Sata Prescott that his willingness to talk about life as a transgender married man is admirable, he shrugged it off and said, "I don't ...

Laws may be coming to address violence in the workplace  Barbados TodayMore changes could be in the works for Barbados' labour laws as the island adopts a new International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention aimed at tackling ...

What Can I Do If Domestic Abuse Interferes With My Work? - Domestic Violence Legal Blogs Posted by Philip Smith Burnham II  Lawyers.com Blogby Philip Smith Burnham II. Posted on June 27, 2019 in Assault Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law. Domestic violence has repercussions far beyond the ...

Modern British television has found its Dickens  The EconomistAlong with his acclaimed social realism, Jack Thorne has a sideline in fantasy.

What ELSE is going on in Washington, DC? Legislative Update for Employers that Operate in the District of Columbia  LexologyThe District of Columbia Council has passed several pieces of legislation that impose significant obligations upon employers in the District of Columbia. Below is ...

Inside the advisory company run by women, for women  Financial TimesFulcrum Capital is an investment advisory company led by three women who share the same goals — to deliver investment returns to clients while making a ...

Inside the advisory company run by women, for women  Financial TimesFulcrum Capital is an investment advisory company led by three women who share the same goals — to deliver investment returns to clients while making a ...

The Setka saga: how will it impact the unions?  Brisbane TimesNobody better embodies the trouble for the modern union movement than John Setka.

Council Takes Stock of City's Efforts to Help Victims of Domestic Violence  Gotham GazetteAnnual Gladys Ricard and Victims of Domestic Violence Memorial Walk/Brides' March (2016) (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayor's Office) ...

Zoe Tay fronts You Can Say No sex abuse campaign after Cambodia trip  AsiaOneIn view of outcry over NUS sexual misconduct, actress hopes campaign will create more awareness and empower women to speak up. When actress Zoe Tay ...

Flight makes emergency landing in Tennessee; smoke reported  CityNews CalgaryBLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities say an American Airlines plane flying from North Carolina to Kentucky made an emergency landing in Tennessee because ...

Lawyers for Ukrainian oligarch lament extradition ruling  CityNews CalgaryWASHINGTON — Lawyers for a Ukrainian oligarch say they're disappointed that an Austrian court has ruled him eligible for extradition to the United States in a ...