Assertion: sexual harassment's employer | /r/CapableOf | avoid liability
Facets:
value: in other hostile environment cases
type: OTHER
value: for discrimatory harassment
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: If the supervisor's harassment results in a hostile work environment, the employer can avoid liability only if it can prove that: 1) it reasonably tried to prevent and promptly correct the harassing behavior; and 2) the employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer.
text: If it does not involve a tangible employment action, however, the employer may be able to avoid liability or limit damages by establishing that it exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly any harassing behavior and that the employee unreasonably failed to utilize the preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer.
text: Employers can avoid liability for discrimatory harassment if they can prove that they took such steps that were reasonably practical to prevent harassment from occurring.
text: In other hostile environment cases, however, the employer may avoid liability by establishing both prongs of the following affirmative defense: