Sexual Harassment

The new Illinois law, which took effect Jan. 1, is intended to hold employers accountable for failing to act on complaints of workplace violence.

In an exclusive in the Wall Street Journal, reporters Andrew Beaton and Joshua Robinson report one of the game's top competition providers will no longer work with the St. Louis Chess Club over allegations the club overlooked accusations of sexual misconduct against a top grandmaster.

A prison nurse said she felt trapped between two corrections officers as one described plans to kidnap, drug and rape her. Her attorney said there were “daily ‘rape jokes’ from other corrections officers and retaliation by the warden and other jail personnel.”

After Democrats successfully blocked an effort to expel Rep. Wiley Price from the Legislature, aides who work for Democratic lawmakers accused party leaders of doing more to protect their colleague than their employees. Jason Hancock of the Missouri Independent discussed the controversy on St. Louis on the Air.

Kristen Poshard alleges she was fired after complaining about repeated sexual harassment from a county board member.

Updated at 3:30 p.m., July 9 with a comment from former KDHX employee Jennifer Dunn Stewart — KDHX leadership is under fire.Within the past few weeks, an…

A federal civil rights office has opened an investigation into whether Webster University mishandled complaints of sexual harassment.The investigation,…

Updated 10:45 a.m., May 21, to reflect new witness statements — The first time Tamsen Reed heard the rumors was over a text message from a soon-to-be…

Kansas City Democrat DaRon McGee resigned from his seat in the Missouri House on Monday night following allegations that he sought an unwanted...

While the U.S. Department of Education’s Title IX statute has been around since 1972, there’s renewed societal focus on issues related to sexual assault…