This I can see: "If an employer repeatedly took adverse employment actions against persons of a particular gender, that would make it easier to infer that gender and not a relationship was a motivating factor. Here, however, it is not disputed that [the wife] objected to this particular relationship as it had developed after [the assistant] had already been working at the office for over ten years."
This I don't think I like: "[The assistant] also raises a serious point about sexual harassment. Given that sexual harassment is a violation of antidiscrimination law, [the assistant] argues that a firing by a boss to avoid committing sexual harassment should be treated similarly. But sexual harassment violates our civil rights laws because of the “hostile work environment” or “abusive atmosphere” that it has created for persons of the victim’s sex. ... On the other hand, an isolated decision to terminate an employee before such an environment arises, even if the reasons for termination are unjust, by definition does not bring about that atmosphere."
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Date: 2013-07-23 02:05 am (UTC)This I can see: "If an employer repeatedly took adverse employment actions against persons of a particular gender, that would make it easier to infer that gender and not a relationship was a motivating factor. Here, however, it is not disputed that [the wife] objected to this particular relationship as it had developed after [the assistant] had already been working at the office for over ten years."
This I don't think I like: "[The assistant] also raises a serious point about sexual harassment. Given that sexual harassment is a violation of antidiscrimination law, [the assistant] argues that a firing by a boss to avoid committing sexual harassment should be treated similarly. But sexual harassment violates our civil rights laws because of the “hostile work environment” or “abusive atmosphere” that it has created for persons of the victim’s sex. ... On the other hand, an isolated decision to terminate an employee before such an environment arises, even if the reasons for termination are unjust, by definition does not bring about that atmosphere."