Threatening language may support claim of hostile environment, even without sexual references.

July 19, 2010 | By: Editor

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Source: Federal Employment Law Articles
For the second time in as many weeks, a federal appeals court decision rests on the determination that an alleged harasser who makes gender-specific slurs and comments can create a hostile work environment for a female employee, even though the harasser is an “Equal Opportunity Harasser” who makes crass and offensive remarks to “everyone, regardless of gender.”