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Fourth Circuit Rejects Sexual Harassment Claim by Employee Who Quit Days Into Her Investigation

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Employers are not strictly liable for hostile environment sexual harassment by a victim’s co-workers. The employer may be held responsible under Title VII if it knew or should have known of the harassment and failed to take...more

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Supreme Court Decides Important Employment Issues: Who is a "Supervisor" for Assessing Workplace Harassment Claims and What Test...

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INTRODUCTION. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued two significant employment decisions: Vance v. Ball State University (addressing the issue of who is properly called a "supervisor" when assessing workplace harassment claims);...more

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