The state Assembly's chief clerk released records of a legislative aide's sexual harassment complaint against a freshman Democratic lawmaker, months after news organizations sued to gain access to them.
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Read More »The state Assembly's chief clerk released records of a legislative aide's sexual harassment complaint against a freshman Democratic lawmaker, months after news organizations sued to gain access to them.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers blocked University of Wisconsin System officials on Monday from taking the first steps toward complying with new federal rules that bolster the rights of sexual-misconduct defendants and narrow the range of cases colleges are required to investigate.
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Read More »The Associated Press and three Wisconsin media outlets filed a lawsuit on Wednesday demanding that the state Assembly's chief clerk release all records related to allegations of sexual harassment made against a Democratic legislator.
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Read More »A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor is accused of sexually assaulting a student he was advising in a PhD program.
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Read More »Sen. Tammy Baldwin has asked Air Force investigators to look into allegations of sexual assault and harassment within a Wisconsin Air National Guard unit that were brushed aside by senior officers, according to a member of the unit.
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Read More »The Milwaukee County GOP deleted a tweet Tuesday that mocks Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by suggesting President Abraham Lincoln groped her.
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Read More »State colleges must record sexual misconduct allegations in employee personnel files and share the details if a worker is up for a job at another institution or a state agency, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents decided Thursday.
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Read More »The University of Wisconsin System will consider tightening its hiring process and reference checks to remove job candidates with a history of sexual harassment.
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Read More »Newly released records show University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross' former chief of staff resigned amid sexual-harassment allegations.
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Read More »At least 22 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students have filed sexual harassment or sexual assault complaints against faculty, instructors, teaching assistants, advisers and supervisors over the last five years.
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Read More »Records show discipline for Wisconsin employees accused of sexual harassment and misconduct in the last five years include termination, suspension and reprimands.
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Read More »The state has paid out nearly $600,000 over the last decade to settle allegations of sexual misconduct by University of Wisconsin-Madison employees.
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Read More »The state has paid nearly $600,000 over the last decade to settle allegations of sexual misconduct by University of Wisconsin-Madison employees.
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Read More »Wisconsin Assembly members and employees will have to attend mandatory sexual harassment training every two years under a resolution the chamber overwhelmingly adopted Tuesday, the same day a lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct returned to the chamber.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Legislature provides sexual harassment training for new lawmakers but only some are required to get it.
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Read More »The sexual misconduct allegations that have cut a swath through Congress brought down a prominent member of the judicial branch Monday with the resignation of Alex Kozinski, a federal appeals court judge known for his blunt and colorful legal opinions.
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Read More »Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel says he agrees with legislative leaders' stance that sexual harassment complaints against lawmakers and their staff should be secret.
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Read More »A man and woman from Omro are facing felony charges after they were accused of setting up an online sex ad that had men showing up at their neighbor's doorstep.
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Read More »Beef jerky maker Jack Link's has agreed to pay $50,000 to a former employee who quit after working several months at a Mankato facility because her supervisor made repeated sexual advances toward her.
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Read More »Former Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz – who resigned after sending racy text messages to a domestic abuse victim – has been suspended for four months by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Read More »A recent court decision illustrates why employers should give careful consideration to the attorney-client privilege before conducting an investigation in the workplace.
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Read More »GREEN BAY (AP) — A settlement has been reached in lawsuit against a former Calumet County district attorney accused of sending racy text messages to a domestic abuse victim, federal court records show. Stephanie Van Groll accused former prosecutor Ken ...
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Read More »The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reached a $1 million settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin against Missoula Mac Inc., doing business as McDonald’s Restaurants.
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Read More »The task of conducting internal investigations may have just gotten a bit more difficult.
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Read More »Even if a court finds that a law firm’s actions were like putting “a gun to the head of the plaintiff,” this may not be enough for a trial judge to impose sanctions that survive appellate review.
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Read More »12-1039 Doe v. St. Francis School District
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Read More »11-1182 Passananti v. Cook County
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Read More »The former owner of a McDonald's in south-central Wisconsin has agreed to pay $1 million to nearly a dozen former employees to settle a federal sexual harassment lawsuit.
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Read More »10-3862 Milligan v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University
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Read More »A former Wisconsin prosecutor accused of rampant sexual harassment says he was addicted to sex and prescription drugs.
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