With the advent and proliferation of social media, employers and HR managers may need to reassess how they approach workplace harassment claims as a result of the virtual world in which today’s workforce operates.
This article provides a summary of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision (Okonowsky v. Merrick Garland) involving outside-of-work social media posts giving rise to a sexually hostile work environment claim. The article also offers some key takeaways of the decision.
Authors: Rachel W. Adams and William D. Prince IV (Thompson McMullan, a Meritas member firm)
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