On #January1st, #California responded to the #metoomovement by enacting new #senatebills that #protect and #help #survivors of #sexualharassment. #MeToo #WeBelieveYou #EskridgeLaw

Under #SenateBill1300, there is more #liability under the #FairEmploymentandHousingAct, by lowering the #burdenofproof for #harassment. #FEHA #California #EskridgeLaw

SenateBill1300 makes #employers in #California liable for #sexualharassment claims and any #unlawful #harassment by non-employees if the employer knew or should have known of the harassment and failed to take #appropriate #action. #EskridgeLaw

SenateBill1300 #prohibits #employers from requiring an #employee to release a #FEHA claim for a #raise or #bonus, or by #threatening their #employment. #California #EskridgeLaw

SenateBill1300 in #California provides #guidance on #bystander #intervention #training. #Prevent #Harassment #SexualHarassment #EskridgeLaw

SenateBill1300 in #California #prohibits a prevailing #defendant from being #awarded #fees and #costs, for the most part. #Harassment #SexualHarassment #EskridgeLaw

SenateBill1300 in #California lowers the #burdenofproof from #tangible #productivity #declined as a result of the harassment to #reasonableperson would find the harassment altered their #working #conditions. #Harassment #SexualHarassment #EskridgeLaw

SenateBill1300 in #California changes the standard, and finds that even a #single #incident of #harassment may establish a #hostile #workenvironment. #SexualHarassment #EskridgeLaw

Think you don’t have protection under #SenateBill1300 because you’re an #independentcontractor? Think again. #California’s definition of an IC makes it likely that an IC may be #reclassified as an #employee for purposes of this bill. #EskridgeLaw