Sexual Harassment

A federal judge <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Sex.Harass-1.pdf">dismissed</a></strong> a woman’s sexual harassment-based retaliation claim against Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and its personnel director because “rejecting sexual advances … does not constitute a protected activity for purposes of a retaliation claim.”

NEW ORLEANS — Citing Fifth Circuit precedent, a federal judge dismissed a woman’s sexual harassment-based retaliation claim against Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and its personnel director because “rejecting sexual advances … does not constitute a protected activity for purposes of a retaliation claim.”

Categories / Civil Rights, Employment

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