Labor/Employment
Aug. 14, 2013
Sexual desire need not be motivation in sexual harassment claims, according to new law
Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 292 into law, which alters California's workplace discrimination law to include claims of sexual harassment that were not motivated by sexual desire.
By Laura Hautala
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 292 into law Monday, which alters California's workplace discrimination law to include claims of sexual harassment that were not motivated by sexual desire. The legislation responds to a California Court of Appeal decision that threw out a male ironworker's claim of sexual harassment in part because the male supervisor who made sexually derogatory comments was not sexually attracted to him. The...
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