Assertion: sexual harassment's employer | /r/CapableOf | know about the harassment
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text: The employer knew or should have known about the harassment, and
text: A federal district court in Kentucky upheld a jury's award of damages, including punitive damages, in a sexual harassment case because the jury reasonably found that the employer knew of the harassment and failed to take appropriate action to remedy it ( West v. Tyson Foods, 374 Fed.
text: An employer can be held liable for the creation of a hostile environment by a supervisor, by non-supervisory personnel, or by the acts of the employer's customers or independent contractors if the employer has knowledge of such harassment and fails to correct it.
text: Harassment by a co-worker, non-employee or other outside person: the employer is liable if the employer knew or should have known about the harassment and did not take prompt remedial action.
text: This principle was illustrated in a case where the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a claim of sexual harassment against co-workers where there was no witness testimony or report filed by the victim to indicate that the employer or managing employees should have known about the harassment.
text: The court found this conduct violated Title VII because the plaintiff belonged to a protected category, was subject to unwelcome sexual harassment, the harassment was based on sex, it affected a term or condition of her employment, and the employer knew or should have known about the harassment and failed to take remedial
text: The employer knew or should have known of the harassment and failed to take proper action.