U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Jan. 28, 2017
9th Circuit may have raised bar for preventing hostile work environment
Senior 9th Circuit Judge Harry Pregerson's opinion is significant, employment lawyers said, because it acknowledged that the company responded to their employee's complaint, but concluded Roseburg Forest Products did not respond well enough.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In finding for a Latino millwright who alleged rampant race discrimination on Thursday, a federal appellate panel arguably raised the bar for what an employer must do to prevent a hostile work environment.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals published a 2-1 decision that reversed a Portland federal judge's summary judgment ruling and found that there are triable issues of fact whether Roseb...
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