Bloomberg Law
Jan. 12, 2018, 3:02 PM UTC

Yang Tackles Sexual Harassment of Contract Workers

Bloomberg Law - Staff Reports

Former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission member Jenny R. Yang began work Jan. 8 as a fellow with the George Soros-funded Open Society Foundations.

Yang plans to focus on the precarious legal position of contract workers who are victims of sexual harassment or assault at work, she told Bloomberg Law Jan. 10.

Contract workers are especially vulnerable to such harassment, Yang said. They aren’t regarded as employees so often don’t get the sexual harassment prevention training other employees do. If another worker or a manager says or does something inappropriate, contractors might think the company’s protections don’t apply to them.

“They’re ...

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