Harassment Case
Sexual Harassment at Teddy's Supplies: Case Analysis
Teddy's Supplies' CEO has asked you to advise him on the facts of the case and your opinion of their potential liability. Write a memo to him that states your view of whether the company is exposed to liability on all issues you feel are in play. Include in your memo any laws that apply and any precedent cases either for or against Teddy's case that impact liability. Include your opinion of the "worst case" of damages the company may have to pay to Virginia.
Memorandum
As an independent council for Teddy's Supplies, my immediate recommendations would be to agree to a financial settlement awarding damages to Pollard. It seems clear according to the decisions rendered by the NJ Human Rights commission that Pollard was the victim of gender discrimination and sexual harassment. Moreover, it is clear beyond a reasonable doubt that...
Her dismissal and a lack of similar mediation for male workers guilty of relative infractions underscore this reality.
These conditions seems to be in direct conflict with the terms of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII defines sexual harassment as any gender-based discrimination that creates an uncomfortable, hostile or unequal workplace for an individual or a group of individuals. (EEOC, p. 1) The pattern of treatment visited upon Pollard indicates that within the scope of this definition, sexual harassment most certainly occurred and that unequal policy response also occurred in the form of her dismissal. This denotes that liability exists for Teddy's Supplies and that this liability will likely demand the payment…
Law Sexual Harassment Teddy's Supplies' CEO Dear Sir, In pursuing the facts of the case I think Teddy's is having a written sexual harassment policy and a method for employees to report sexual harassment -- either to the supervisor or in secret by using the www.ReportTeddysafely.com. As an employer some of the necessities stipulated by law have been followed. The Supreme Court defined two principles regarding the sexual harassment at the workplace.
An appellate court case that found the employer liable for hostile environment sexual harassment is Kunin v. Sears Roebuck & Co. Under this claim, Karen Kunin was sexually harassed by a male employee based upon the abusive and derogatory language that was used. Kunin did not report any abuse to her employer other than to asking if cursing was harassment. The U.S. Court of Appeals found that an employer must
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