Employers face liability for aggravated indifference to harassment complaint
Employers should take seriously complaints of sexual or other unlawful harassment — whether on-duty or off-duty, onsite or off-site — and respond appropriately
A California Court of Appeal panel recently ruled that an employer faces liability to an employee who complained of a co-worker’s offsite and off-duty sexual harassment if the employee proves the employer’s response to the complaint created a hostile workplace
environment. The court reached this conclusion in Kruitbosch v. Bakersfield Recovery Services even as it also concluded the co-worker’s alleged conduct, while “reprehensible,” was insufficiently work-related to be tied to the employer.
Click here to read the full article written by SCMV Shareholder Dan Eaton and published in The San Diego Union-Tribune.