Category Archives: Sexual Harassment
Must Employers Translate A Sexual Harassment Policy Into Spanish For Employees Who Speak & Read Only Spanish?
An employer’s liability for sexual harassment depends on whether the harasser is a co-employee or a supervisor. In the context of sexual harassment by a co-employee, an employer is liable for the harassment if it failed to take prompt and effective remedial action to prevent the harassment from continuing after it knew or should… Read More »
Can An Employee Have A Sexual Harassment Claim When Other Employees Receive Job Benefits For Granting Sexual Favors?
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), sexual harassment is a form of unlawful sex discrimination. Courts have traditionally described two forms of sexual harassment that are prohibited by Title VII: hostile work environment sexual harassment and quid pro quo sexual harassment. Hostile work environment sexual harassment occurs when… Read More »
How Employers Minimize Sexual Harassment Complaints By Employees
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), sexual harassment that creates a hostile work environment is a form of prohibited sex discrimination. In order to comply with Title VII, employers have a duty to investigate and remedy sexual harassment in the workplace. Once an employer actually knows or reasonably… Read More »
Must Employers Investigate A Victim’s Complaint Of Subsequent Sexual Harassment?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits employers from discriminating against any individual with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of such individual’s sex. In Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sexual… Read More »
Courts Continue To Dismiss Hostile Work Environment Harassment Cases By Ignoring Supreme Court Precedent
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), it is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against any individual with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of such individual’s sex. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by… Read More »
Is An Employee’s Failure To Report Sexual Harassment Excused By A Fear Of Retaliation?
An employer’s liability for sexual harassment depends on whether the harasser is a co-worker or a supervisor of the victim. When the harasser is a supervisor and the harassment culminates in the taking of a tangible employment action against the victim, such as hiring, failing to promote, or a reduction in pay, the employer… Read More »
Must An Employee’s Work Environment Reach The Point Of “Hellishness” To Create A Hostile Work Environment?
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sex. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination in violation of Title VII. In Meritor Sav. Bank, FSB v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986), the U.S. Supreme Court held that sexual harassment… Read More »
Are Sexual Harassment Victims Protected From Retaliation When They Refuse To Work With A Sexual Harasser?
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employees are protected from sexual harassment in the workplace. As explained by the U.S. Supreme Court in Meritor Sav. Bank, FSB v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 67 (1986), employees are not required to “run a gauntlet of sexual abuse in return for the… Read More »
Court Rejects Employer’s Attempt To Portray Sexual Harassment As “Nothing More Significant Than Flirting”
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects employees from sexual harassment that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim’s employment and create an abusive work environment. Having represented sexual harassment victims for almost twenty years, our Citrus County, Florida sexual harassment lawyers have learned… Read More »
Are Employees Protected From Sexual Harassment For Refusing To Date A Customer?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits sexual harassment that creates a hostile work environment. This happens when the workplace is permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule, and insult that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim’s employment and create an abusive working environment. In… Read More »
