Employers who play music in the workplace – or allow employees to play music in the workplace – beware. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the content
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NJ Justices’ Ruling Instructs On Hostile Workplace Claims
By Martin C. Fojas & Katarina S. Kingston on
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On June 16, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a stark reminder that a supervisor’s isolated but highly offensive comments may — on their own — be enough to sustain…
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Third Circuit ‘Clarifies’ that a Single Racial Slur May be Sufficiently ‘Severe’ to Create a Hostile Work Environment
By Michael J. Slocum & Robert Bernstein on
Characterizing its own precedent as “inconsistent” and “confusing,” the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in a published opinion earlier this month, undertook to “clarify” the “correct standard” for establishing a…
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