Compliance 101 -- The Ellerth/Faragher Defense

In a prior post I noted that an effective compliance and ethics program can prevent vicarious liability for supervisor sexual harassment under federal employment discrimination law. In the coming week or so, I will devote several posts to updates on sexual harassment cases decided over the last few months, focusing on what these cases say about good and bad compliance practices. As background for the coming posts, this post offers a brief description of the legal background.

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