arassment when
submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or
condition of an individual's employment or academic advancement or submission
to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for
employment decisions or academic decisions affecting such individual or such
conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's
work life or academic performance or creating and intimidating hostile, or
offensive environment." (Colatosti and Karg, p. 8).
Another issue that the EEOC addresses in the circumstances where the employer is liable for sexual harassment. According to EEOC guidelines, the employer is held liable if the harassment occurred between co-workers and he/she knew or should have known about the harassment, unless the employer can show that he/she took immediate action to stop the harassment. More interesting, an employer can also be held responsible for sexual discrimination against other employees if they were denied a promo
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