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Federal Employment Law: Current Problems And A Call For Reform, Joseph Prud'homme
Federal Employment Law: Current Problems And A Call For Reform, Joseph Prud'homme
Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
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Finding The Sex In Sexual Harassment: How Title Vii And Tort Schemes Miss The Point Of Same-Sex Hostile Environment Harassment, Yvonne Zylan
Finding The Sex In Sexual Harassment: How Title Vii And Tort Schemes Miss The Point Of Same-Sex Hostile Environment Harassment, Yvonne Zylan
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
It has been nearly a quarter century since the United States Supreme Court first recognized the cause of action for a sexually hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, the Court essentially adopted the view offered by legal academician Catharine MacKinnon that harassment taking the form of a sexually hostile work environment is a manifestation of gender-based power. In so doing, the Court created a remedy for many aggrieved employees, permitting redress in the federal courts for a problem that makes many workplaces unbearable. At the same …
Mediation Of A Sexual Harassment Claim, Robert Lewis
Mediation Of A Sexual Harassment Claim, Robert Lewis
Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal
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Miller V. Department Of Corrections: The Application Of Title Vii To Consensual, Indirect Employer Conduct, Stephen Dacus
Miller V. Department Of Corrections: The Application Of Title Vii To Consensual, Indirect Employer Conduct, Stephen Dacus
Oklahoma Law Review
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A Revised Tangible Employment Action Analysis: Just What Is An Undesirable Reassignment?, Christine Bradshaw
A Revised Tangible Employment Action Analysis: Just What Is An Undesirable Reassignment?, Christine Bradshaw
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment & First Amendment Content-Neutrality: Putting The Supreme Court On The Right Path, Peter Caldwell
Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment & First Amendment Content-Neutrality: Putting The Supreme Court On The Right Path, Peter Caldwell
Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal
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Employer Vicarious Liability For Voluntary Relationships Between Supervisors And Employees, Carrie E. Fischesser
Employer Vicarious Liability For Voluntary Relationships Between Supervisors And Employees, Carrie E. Fischesser
Seattle University Law Review
It is somewhat radical to suggest that an employer should not be held vicariously liable for an employee's voluntary submission to sexual advances where the alleged harasser is a supervisor, and this approach is a marked departure from existing assumptions regarding sexual harassment. Most decisions and writings on the topic have imposed--under a traditional agency theory-- vicarious liability upon the employer for the sexually harassing conduct of its supervisors.4 Specifically, courts addressing this issue have held that “[t]here is no question that a ‘tangible employment action’ occurs when a supervisor abuses his authority to act on his employer's behalf by …