Fourth Circuit Allows New Type of Same-Sex Harassment Claim Based on Stereotyping
By EsqSocial Corporation 28/05/21
In its Oncale decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that same-sex sexual harassment violates Title VII’s sex discrimination prohibition. In that case, the court said that plaintiffs can demonstrate same-sex harassment in one of three ways: first, that the harasser is gay and engaged in harassing conduct involving sexual activity; second, through general hostility to the presence of people of one sex in the workplace; third, that members of one sex are treated materially worse in a...
By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP