The Role of Advocacy: Workplace Sexual Harassment Impacting Immigrants
June 12, 2017 @ 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
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The training will cover what constitutes sexual harassment; state and federal laws that protect survivors in the workplace; how the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Northwest Justice Project investigates and litigates these cases; what evidence is relevant and useful in establishing the employer’s liability and in establishing the compensatory damages (for pain and suffering, emotional distress) that the employee should be awarded; the training will also cover retaliation, who is covered by the anti-discrimination laws, and the process for U visa certification in the employment context and the EEOC’s role as a U certifying agency.