Labor/Employment
Sep. 11, 2003
Employer Is Strictly Liable for Supervisor's Sexual Demands
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Anthony J. Oncidi - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has taken a significant step toward gutting the affirmative defense to sexual-harassment lawsuits that the U.S. Supreme Court articulated only five years ago. In a far-reaching opinion by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, the 9th Circuit held that an employer is strictly liable if a supervisor compels a subordinate to submit to sexual demands, even if the employee has not suffered any adverse employment action.
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