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Category Archives: Sexual Harassment

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The Mythical Employer Sexual Harassment Defense: The Victim Must Report The Harassment

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Having represented sexual harassment victims for more than two decades, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employers frequently proffer legal arguments in sexual harassment cases that are merely employment law myths. One employment law myth routinely proffered by employers is they cannot be held liable for hostile work environment sexual… Read More »

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The Dysfunctional Employer Sexual Harassment Policy: Policy Not Enforced Or Effective

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Having represented sexual harassment victims for more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that a common employment law myth is employers who maintain a policy prohibiting sexual harassment cannot be held liable for sexual harassment. An employment law myth perpetuated by employers who routinely argue they are immune… Read More »

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A Go-To Employer Defense To Sexual Harassment: The Sexual Behavior Was Harmless Joking Around

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Having represented sexual harassment victims for more than two decades, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employers often defend their failure to prevent sexual harassment by disingenuously characterizing unwanted sexual behavior as harmless joking. An employer’s attempt to recast unwanted sexual behavior as harmless joking often begins during its purported… Read More »

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Must Sexual Harassment Victims Quit To Prove That The Harassment Was Offensive To Them?

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

One way employers exploit and cause further harm to sexual harassment victims, our Marion County, Florida sexual harassment lawyers have learned, is by conducting bad faith investigations into their sexual harassment complaints. In many cases, employer investigations into sexual harassment complaints are not only rigged to reach a pre-determined conclusion but are also designed… Read More »

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Can Direct Contact With An Intimate Body Part Create A Hostile Work Environment?

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Through their decades of experience representing sexual harassment victims, our sexual harassment lawyers in Marion County, Florida have learned that a common employment law myth is that a single act of sexual harassment cannot create a sexually hostile work environment. An employment law myth zealously promoted by employers in maintaining that a single incident… Read More »

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The Flawed Employer Plea For Immunity: We Took Some Action After Learning Of The Sexual Harassment

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Under employment discrimination law, employers are obligated to take remedial action when they know or should know of sexual harassment in the workplace. Having represented sexual harassment victims for decades, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have learned that employers routinely maintain they are immune from liability for hostile work environment sexual… Read More »

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Cleaning Company Agrees to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Over the decades of standing up to victims of sexual harassment in Central Florida, our Marion County employment discrimination lawyers have witnessed that despite advances in the workplace, culture and society, women today continue to experience sexual harassment at work in the form of sexual comments, unwelcome sexual advances, and even unwanted touching. This… Read More »

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Why Sexual Harassment Victims Should Follow An Employer’s Complaint Procedure For Reporting Harassment

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Having represented sexual harassment victims for more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that sexual harassment victims are often uncertain about to whom they should report sexual harassment. Lodging a sexual harassment complaint with the proper employee is of paramount importance because an employer does not have notice… Read More »

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Can Employees Who Work Remotely Be Subjected To Unlawful Sexual Harassment?

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

For more than two decades, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have fought for the rights of sexual harassment victims. Having litigated sexual harassment cases in Florida courts for years, our Inverness, Florida sexual harassment lawyers know that a common employment law myth is employees who work remotely do not have viable… Read More »

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Are A Supervisor’s Demands That A Worker Spend Time Alone With Him Acts of Sexual Harassment?

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

For more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Marion County, Florida have fought for the rights of sexual harassment victims. Through their years of experience representing sexual harassment victims, our sexual harassment attorneys in Ocala, Florida know that supervisors often use their authority to obtain time alone with their sexual harassment victims…. Read More »

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