On September 29, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its draft enforcement guidance on harassment in the workplace. This proposed guidance comes after a previous attempt to update in 2017. The last published guidance released by the EEOC was in 1999, titled "Enforcement Guidance on Vicarious Liability for Unlawful Harassment by Supervisors." Approximately two decades later, the agency has keyed in on today's current issues of sexual harassment to update its guidance. The desire to implement changes to the guidance has stemmed from events such as the #MeToo movement and the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the rise in online harassment. Continue reading >