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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 10. In This Month’s E-News: October 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 10 (October, 2021) - An audit by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) pre-award risk assessment process concluded that...more

Polsinelli

#MeThree: Recommendations for Employers to Avoid Liability for Third Party Harassment

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The #MeToo movement has sparked an increase in sexual harassment investigations and focused attention on the potential liability of employers for the actions of third parties with whom their employees interact for business...more

Fisher Phillips

Risky Business: A Three-Step Plan For Addressing Harassment By Nonemployees

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Employers have long understood that they face potential liability when an employee is sexually harassed by another employee and they do nothing to prevent or fix the known problem. It is also true, but perhaps less well...more

Littler

Fourth Circuit Holds Employer Liable for Third-Party Racial and Sexual Harassment

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In its first published opinion on the topic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled last month in Freeman v. Dal-Tile Corp. that an employer is liable for harassment by a third party when the employer knows or...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Affirms Employers' Obligation to Respond to Harassment by Third Parties

In an unpublished decision issued in 2011, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes North and South Carolina) concurred with other federal appellate circuits in concluding that employers are responsible for sexual...more

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