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I read another federal court opinion last night that reaffirms how important it is for employers to have effective antiharassment policies in their employee handbook.
Before I tell you about the facts of the case, I’ll skip right to the punchlines:
“The employer’s promulgation and dissemination of an antiharassment policy is fundamental to meeting the requirement for exercising reasonable care in preventing sexual harassment.”
Indeed, “an employer is insulated from liability under Title VII for a hostile environment sexual harassment claim premised on constructive knowledge of the harassment when the employer has adopted an anti-discrimination policy that is