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If an employee is Sexually Harassed by a co-worker who is not a supervisor and the employer takes quick action and either transfers or terminates the sexual harasser?

April 26, 2017Action co-worker employee employer harassed Quick sexually supervisor takes transfers

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If an employee is Sexually Harassed by a co-worker who is not a supervisor and the employer takes quick action and either transfers or terminates the sexual harasser?

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The employer is only liable for the sexual harassment they fail to prevent that they could have prevented. Therefore, if the sexual harassment was perpetrated by a non-supervisor, the victim must prove that the employer knew that the supervisor was unfit.