Labor/Employment
Mar. 25, 2014
Sexual harassment claims in the electronic workspace
Almost every employer in California has adopted a policy aimed at preventing sexual harassment in the physical workplace, but what about electronic harassment?
Arthur F. Silbergeld
Employment Law Partner
Thompson Coburn LLP
Labor & Employment
Phone: (310) 282-2529
Email: asilbergeld@thompsoncoburn.com
Temple Univ Law School
Arthur is based in Los Angeles and is in the firm's Labor & Employment Practice Group.
Almost every employer in California has adopted a policy aimed at preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. Employers implement these policies in compliance with Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986), and subsequent decisions, expecting to be shielded from some liability. Beyond that, most employers vigorously enforce these policies and discipline employees who fall out of compliance. This enables an employer to argue that it did everything it could to prevent un...
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