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Rest easier: Harassment won’t lead to lawsuit for negligence and harassment

06/26/2009

Here’s a bit of good news: Employees who believe that their co-workers have discriminated against them or harassed them on account of their protected characteristics can’t sue under both Title VII and state tort laws. That takes away one potentially expensive avenue for recovering damages.

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