A Racist Construction Site

A construction employee leaves the job site after seeing racial slurs...

Tags: branching, racial harassment, harassment, race, coworker, discrimination

Ready for Data Storage

Teasing that makes people feel excluded or unwanted undercuts our ability...

Tags: age, severe, harassment, pervasive, severe and pervasive, preventing harassment

Guys at Lunch

Three co-workers have lunch together and two co-workers tease the third...

Tags: 113, branching, reid v. google, series, rick, brian

Angry Professor: JD

A professor is accused of inappropriate behavior with a student after...

Tags: branching, college, university, school, liability, responsibility

Gay Professor

A gay professor experiences offensive comments from colleagues based on some...

Tags: diversity, severe and pervasive, harassment, preventing harassment, ph9, sexual orientation

Angry Professor: Heather

A manager is obligated to investigate a complaint of inappropriate behavior...

Tags: branching, series, 2009, preventing harassment, higher education, professor

Scantily Clad Employee: Manager

A male manager gets nervous because a female employee comes to...

Tags: 20, branching, series, manager, dress code, supervisor

Skipping the Conference

An employee decides to skip a conference to avoid the unwanted...

Tags: 187, 166, harassment, unwelcome, unwelcome conduct, ph9

The Tense University Department

A Professor who heads up a Department at a University makes...

Tags: harassment, protected, trait, characteristic, protected trait, definition

The Aftermath of Workplace Romance

After a workplace romance ends, the female manager does not want...

Tags: branching, series, kelly, jason, workplace dating, workplace romance

Going Too Far

Co-workers continue to tease another employee about being black and one...

Tags: jeff, rob, stereotype, series, preventing harassment, 2009

How About Some Chicken Wings?

Two employees laugh over lunch about ethnic and cultural foods while...

Tags: 194, branching, series, harassment, protected traits, protected categories

He's a Fixer-Upper

Two employees chat about dating and then speculate about a male...

Tags: visual, verbal, physical, forms, ph9, 2009

I'm Just Kidding

An employee makes several sexual innuendos and suggestions to his co-worker...

Tags: branching, hostile, harassment, work environment, hostile work environment, types of harassment

Just Deal With It

An employee complains to a manager about a co-worker's conduct and...

Tags: manager, harassment, responsibility, liability, supervisor, ph9