Male worker can sue for harassment 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 7, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment, sex harassment, Title VII
A male employee who claimed he received unwelcome romantic advances from a female co-worker can sue for sexual harassment, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
‘Dismissed’ worker gets $1 million settlement
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 19, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment, Illinois, public library, retaliation, wrongful termination
A former Moline, Ill. Public Library worker is getting a $1 million-plus legal settlement from a lawsuit in which she claimed a retired library director fired her in retaliation for complaints she made against the director.
Nursing home can’t accommodate patient’s racial preferences
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 21, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment, Title VII
A nursing home created a hostile work environment by accommodating a patient’s demand for white-only health-care providers, the 7th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Threats against employee aren’t ‘gender neutral’
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 2, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment, Title VII
Physical threats that a female employee received from her male supervisor couldn’t be disregarded as “gender neutral” for the purpose of her hostile work environment claim, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Crude jokes grounds for hostile work environment claim
By:
Allison McAndrew
Published: June 22, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment
A doctor’s personal jokes at a female employee’s expense may be grounds for a Title VII hostile work environment claim, the 4th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Authority to fire or promote not dispositive for employer liability
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: April 5, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment, vicarious liability
The authority to fire, promote or demote is not dispositive of whether a harasser was a supervisor or co-worker for the purpose of imposing vicarious liability on an employer, the 4th Circuit has ruled in reversing summary judgment for the employer.
Employee can sue JetBlue for discrimination
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: February 22, 2010
Tags: Faragher/Ellerth, hostile work environment
A plaintiff who failed to take advantage of available alternative workplace policies after complaining to her harassing supervisor can still sue, claiming a hostile work environment, the 2nd Circuit has ruled.
Plaintiff can show hostile work environment
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: January 21, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment
A plaintiff can show a hostile work environment where both gender-specific and general, indiscriminate vulgarity pervaded the workplace, the en banc 11th Circuit has ruled.
Taxpayer may exclude part of job settlement
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 19, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment, taxation
A taxpayer whose multiple sclerosis was exacerbated by job stress could exclude from her gross income a portion of the settlement for her hostile work environment claim, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled in reversing a $9,500 deficiency assessment.
Employee’s provocative behavior is admissible
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: October 23, 2009
Tags: hostile work environment, sexual harassment
An employer sued for sexual harassment could introduce evidence showing that the plaintiff’s behavior contributed to the sexualization of the workplace, Massachusetts’ highest court has ruled.
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