Individual liability of supervisors for acts of sexual harassment

Article Abstract:

Neither the 1964 Civil Rights Act nor its 1991 amendments clarify whether supervisors are liable for acts of sexual harassment and the courts are split over whether employers are absolutely liable or share either joint or several liability with their agents. The failure to clarify the definition of employers in the amendments and the exemption of small employers seem to indicate that individual liability is not the law's aim. Rather, the intent is to prevent sexual harassment by imposing penalities on employers who do not discipline and train their employees concerning the issue.

Employer liability, Remedies, Sexual harassment, Supervisors

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Legal challenges to no fraternization rules

Article Abstract:

Employees terminated for becoming involved sexually with co-workers have had no success in state or federal courts claiming that "no fraternization" policies are discriminatory. A survey of recent case law demonstrates that employers are free to regulate conduct of this kind even though it occurs outside the workplace. Some litigants have claimed marital status discrimination, and others have claimed gender discrimination because of the focus on opposite-sex relationships. Some courts have suggested that a sufficient showing was possible but was not made in the case at hand.

Cases, Sex in the workplace, Workplace sex, Employee dismissals, Employment terminations, Employment at will

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Passive inhalation of marijuana smoke: creating a workable standard

Article Abstract:

Case law on the passive inhalation defense to charges of marijuana abuse is discussed. A discussion of the compliance of the legal standards used by the courts with the available medical literature on the subject is also included.

United States, Marijuana, Drug abuse, Passive smoking

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