Punching In: EEOC Brings Harassment Guidance to Virtual Spaces

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

Virtual Work Environments| UAW Updates in Bessemer

Riddhi Setty: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s newly finalized enforcement guidance on workplace harassment updates the commission’s policies to present day through its inclusion of virtual work environments, which have exploded in popularity particularly as part of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The final guidance says “sexist comments made during a video meeting, ageist or ableist comments typed in a group chat, racist imagery that is visible in an employee’s workspace while the employee participates in a video meeting” can all contribute to a hostile work environment.

“The realities ...