Beth West, Vice Chairperson of the Sacramento Employer’s Advisory Council, invites you to attend the SEAC’s Trial of the Year – You be The Jury! scheduled for October 12, 2010 at the Hilton in Sacramento. The event includes a mock trial of a sexual harassment case in the morning, hosted lunch, and an afternoon
Harassment
The U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Participating in a Discrimination Investigation may Constitute “Opposition” to Illegal Conduct for Title VII Retaliation Purposes: Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
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In 2002, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (Metro), began looking into rumors of sexual harassment by one of its employees, Gene Hughes. A member of Metro’s human resources department asked plaintiff Vicky Crawford (a 30-year Metro employee) whether she had witnessed any of Hughes’ “inappropriate behavior.” Crawford, who was not the subject…
Harris v. Cobra Constr. (3d Cir. 2008)
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Two African-American employees claimed that the owner of the company pointed a sawed-off shotgun at them and made threatening, racially-biased remarks. These events occurred while the employees were witnesses to a confrontation between the owner and a business agent. The employees claimed they experienced apprehension of imminent harmful contact and as a result felt forced…