Job-Supervisor Harassment Rules Confound U.S. High Court
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U.S. Supreme Court justices grappled with the limits on holding employers responsible for racial and sexual harassment, asking about country music and underheated offices while seeking to apply federal job-bias laws to the modern workplace.
The high court today heard arguments on an appeal by Maetta Vance, a black Ball State University catering worker, who is seeking to revive her racial harassment claim against the school. At issue is whether the alleged harasser was Vance’s supervisor, a status that would make it easier for the worker to win her case.