Structural repair company Pullman SST Inc. took appropriate steps after a bisexual employee reported workplace harassment and can’t be held liable under federal or Michigan law, the Sixth Circuit ruled.
The decision affirming Kevin Hamm’s loss in a lower court highlights that employers can have a range of options when handling job-related harassment complaints and that the proper response sometimes depends on the circumstances. What passes muster under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act in defending against workplace harassment suits can differ if the alleged abuser is a serial harasser versus an employee with a previously unblemished record, ...