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Racial Hostile Environment
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Ohio Employer Law Blog
1 racial slur + 2 disciplinary actions = 0 Title-VII liability.
The EEOC swung for the fences in a hostile work environment case against Sun Chemical Corp. It argued that the company should be liable not because it failed to respond…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Racial Gaslighting at Work: When Does It Cross the Line Into Illegal Harassment?
Racial gaslighting rarely announces itself. It shows up as a nickname you never agreed to, a story about an incident that keeps shifting, work rules that seem to bend only…
The Employer Handbook Blog
“The Cliques Aren’t Going Anywhere” Is Not a Defense to a Hostile Work Environment Claim
An employer investigated a racial harassment complaint, offered a transfer, and watched the harassment continue. A federal appeals court just sent the hostile work environment claims to a jury. TL;DR:…
TortsProf Blog
ME: Employer Not Vicariously Liable for Racial Slurs of Employee
The Maine Supreme Court recently considered whether an employer is liable for the racial slurs of its employees directed at customers:Vargas v. Riverbend Mgmt. LLC, 2024 ME 27, at ¶¶…
Employment Law Lookout
Single Use of Racial Slur May Constitute Harassment
By Cristen Hintze and Joshua A. Rodine Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court ruled that an isolated, one-time, use of a racial slur may be so severe—when viewed in relation to…
Tort Talk
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The Right Coast
Employers Talking About Race Any Race With a Constant Drumbeat of Essentialist, Deterministic, and Negative Language Risks Racial Harassment Liability
An excerpt from De Piero v. Penn. State. Univ., decided Thursday by Judge Wendy Beetlestone (E.D. Pa.) (there are also other legal theories that the court rejects, which you can…
Levy Employment Law Blog
Bias Against Jews Is a Form of Racism
By Tracey Levy
What is antisemitism? Under our anti-harassment law construct, organizations are likely undertaking the wrong analysis if they simply consider it a form of religious harassment. Judaism is a religion. Employers…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
N-word + noose = jury trial
In the nine months that Tyrone Rembert worked as a temporary employee at Swagelok Company, he claims he was subjected to the following:The routing use of the N-word, including his…
California Employment Law Update
Bloomberg Law Podcast: Jury Slashes $137 Million Verdict in Tesla Racial Harassment Case
By Tony Oncidi
Labor Co-Chair Tony Oncidi joins Bloomberg Law podcast host June Grasso to discuss the roller coaster verdicts in a Tesla racial harassment case. We covered the original $137 million verdict here, and…