Los Angeles Times

Addressing sexual harassment at work starts with HR

SAN FRANCISCO - A woman is sexually harassed or assaulted at work. She alerts her company's human resources department, which does nothing. Only after she makes her allegations public does her employer pay attention.

It's a narrative familiar now only because women like former Uber engineer Susan Fowler and others have risked their careers to tell their stories about how the people hired to protect them in their workplace ultimately failed.

Since Fowler she revealed her experience, in a blog post - which set in motion events that led to the eventual resignation of Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick - and the recent sexual harassment scandals roiling

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times5 min read
Gaza Protests Roil Universities From California To New York; Tensions Grow At Humboldt, Berkeley
LOS ANGELES — Officials shut down the campus of Cal Poly Humboldt on Monday night after masked pro-Palestinian protesters occupied an administrative building and barricaded the entrance as Gaza-related demonstrations roiled campuses across the nation
Los Angeles Times2 min read
Eric Braeden Of 'Young And The Restless' Nominated For First Daytime Emmy In 20 Years
Eric Braeden, the actor who has spent 40-plus years playing self-made businessman Victor Newman on "The Young and the Restless," has just been honored with his 10th Daytime Emmy nomination — two decades after his first win. Braeden, nominated for lea
Los Angeles Times3 min readCrime & Violence
Man Broke Into LA Mayor’s Home During A ‘Short Gap’ In LAPD Security, Chief Says
LOS ANGELES — The man who broke into Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ home on Sunday, making it to the second floor, arrived at a moment when there were no security officers on the premises, Interim Police Chief Dominic Choi said Tuesday. Choi said the

Related