No Employer Liability For Sexual Harassment If Employee Doesn’t Complain About Sex-Based Conduct
A federal appeals court recently held that an employer was not liable for sexual harassment to an employee who complained only about harassment, not sex-based harassment. Medina-Rivera v. MVM Inc., No. 11-2419 (1st Cir. April 10, 2013). In 2008, Estrella Medina-Rivera worked as a part-time detention officer for MVM, Inc., a security company in Puerto Rico. In October 2008, Medina complained to her supervisor that an unnamed federal agent with...
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