New York Employment Lawyer Blog

I often get calls from prospective clients not only in New York City but from all over the country, who are clearly victims of sexual harassment. These calls are most often from women who have been working at their job for many years and desperately need to keep their job for financial reasons. These women explain their situation to me, give egregious examples of the sexual harassment they face at work and then are reluctant to disclose their name or the name of their employer. Sometimes they say they will call back but often they do not call back. They are too scared to move forward with a lawsuit, for fear of damage to their reputation, the short term financial crisis that they might face, and out of fear that they will get fired. I only hope that these women are brave enough to come forward and that the stigma of filing a complaint for sexual harassment can be lifted sooner rather than later.