‘Hostile Work Environment’ Category
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Title IX – School’s failure to respond to student-on-student harassment in schools can support a private suit for money damages in extreme cases
0December 12, 2024 by Tom Roberts, Esq.
In the context of student-on-student harassment, damages are available only where the behavior is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it denies its victims the equal access to education that Title IX is designed to protect.
Category Assault & Battery, Assault & Battery, Civil Rights, General, Hostile Work Environment, Personal Injury Law, Sexual Assault, sexual harassment | Tags: school's liability for student-on-student harassment, school's liability for student-on-student sexual harassment, student-on-student sexual harassment, Title IX
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I just want to consult a Virginia lawyer!
0August 24, 2023 by Tom Roberts, Esq.
Zoom Legal Consultation with Virginia Lawyer! Sometimes you just need to speak to a Virginia attorney! You may have called …
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Exposure to supervisor’s sexual misconduct with others does NOT create Title VII liability
0May 27, 2021 by Tom Roberts, Esq.
Can I sue my employer for a hostile work environment when I witness the boss having sex with a co-worker …
keep readingCategory General, Hostile Work Environment, sexual harassment | Tags: boss having sex with others, hostile work environment, retaliation, title 7, title 7 retaliation, title vii, title vii retaliation, workplace misconduct
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What is a hostile work environment? Are my complaints protected?
0August 14, 2012 by Tom Roberts, Esq.
Issue # 1: – What constitutes an unlawful hostile work environment under Title VII? Title VII is violated only when …
keep readingCategory Civil Rights, Employment Law, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation | Tags: discrimination, hostile work environment, race discrimination, retaliation
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Qualified Immunity – 2001 Victory
Comments Off on Qualified Immunity – 2001 VictoryNovember 21, 2001 by Tom Roberts, Esq.
Victory in 4th Circuit Court of Appeals The law firm of Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, P.C. announced an important …
keep readingCategory Civil Rights, Employment Law, Freedom of Speech and Press, General, Hostile Work Environment | Tags: qualified immunity, race discrimination in virginia, title vii, title vii in virginia