Hostile Work Environment

July 16, 2010 | Article

Hostile Work Environment Claims under FEHA – Hostility Must be Directed at the Plaintiff

Sometimes one employee learns of racially-motivated harassment visited upon another employee.  But even though such treatment is wrong and upsetting, and even though the employee who observes...

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June 16, 2010 | Article

Racist Email May Not Constitute Workplace Harassment – Provided It’s Sent to a General Audience

In a case where important legal rights collided, the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a professor who posted racist email on a community college’s web server did not engage in workplace harassment in...

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