Category Archives: Sexual Harassment
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 »
Employer’s Response To Employee’s Complaint Of Customer Sexual Harassment: “Nothing Is Going To Change”
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), sexually harassing behavior that is severe or pervasive enough to create a hostile or abusive work environment is unlawful. In holding that sexual harassment is prohibited by Title VII, the U.S. Supreme Court in Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson, 477 U.S…. Read More »
When Does An Employee’s Viewing Or Displaying Pornography At Work Contribute To A Hostile Work Environment?
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), sexual harassment that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim’s employment and create a hostile work environment is unlawful. Under long standing law, sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination which violates Title VII. As explained… Read More »
Can Sexual Harassment Involving Physical Touching Be Sufficiently Severe To Create A Hostile Work Environment?
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employees are protected from sexual harassment in the workplace. The test set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court for establishing an actionable hostile work environment sexual harassment claim is whether the conduct is sufficiently severe or pervasive to discriminatorily alter the conditions… Read More »
Can A Sexual Harassment Victim Bring A Battery Claim Against The Sexual Harasser?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) and the Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA) protect employees against sexual harassment in the workplace. Unfortunately, as our Alachua County, Florida sexual harassment attorneys have learned, circumstances sometimes prevent sexual harassment victims from bringing or prevailing on otherwise meritorious sexual harassment lawsuits against… Read More »
