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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

Lewitt Hackman

The Customer Is (Not) Always Right: An Employer's Duty to Protect

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Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and in this political climate, it seems as though more people are comfortable voicing those opinions, even if they may offend someone. Although free speech is a primary pillar of...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

When A Customer Harasses Your Employee – What Should You Do?

As an employer, what do you do when one of your employees reports being sexually harassed by a vendor? Easy, right? You call the vendor’s boss and say, “If you want to continue doing business with us, then you will not...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

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

Employment Law Update - Danger Ahead: Employer Liability For Third-Party Harassment

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On April 29, 2014, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that employers can be liable for third-party harassment under a negligence standard. In doing so, the court joined other circuits in establishing that employers can...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In an unpublished decision issued in 2011, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes North and South Carolina) concurred with other federal appellate circuits in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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - Nov 20, 2013

Third-Party Harassment Costs Employer $30,000 - Why it matters: Employers, take note: harassment in the workplace can be committed not just by supervisors and coworkers, but by third parties such as customers,...more

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