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Harassment Is Not Part Of A Caregiver's Job Description.
Nowhere is sexual harassment more of a "touchy" issue than in the patient care arena. Nurses, nurse aids, therapists, and other attendants are in constant contact with non-employees…the patients who are paying for services, visitors of these patients, vendors, and even doctors with admitting rights. Title VII protects caregivers from sexual harassment in the workplace perpetrated by any of these individuals.
Nurse May Sue For Third-Party Harassment (pdf).
The federal appellate court with jurisdiction
in Indiana recently reinstated
a lawsuit brought by a nurse who
sued her employer for sexual harassment.
According to the Seventh Circuit
Court of Appeals, an employer may be
held liable for the sexually harassing
conduct of third parties under Title VII
of the Civil Rights Act. The court rejected
the worker’s retaliation claim,
however, after finding that she did not
suffer an “adverse employment action”
as a result of her complaints. Dunn v.
Washington County Hospital,
Employee May Sue For Customer Harassment (pdf).
The federal appellate court with jurisdiction
over California employers
recently held that an employee who
claimed that she was harassed by customers
is entitled to a new trial. According
to the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals, the trial judge erred by not
instructing the jury that the employer
could be held liable for not properly
responding to the worker’s complaints
of racial and national origin harassment
by customers.
