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Something in the Air: Is a Negative Atmosphere a Hostile Environment?
Posted In Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Employers sometimes still grapple with the notion of what conduct supports a claim of a hostile work environment. The easy answer is generally the negative atmosphere must be sufficiently severe and pervasive, but it also must rise to the level of actual harassment of an employee or group of employees on the basis of a protected characteristic. In other words, negative workplace interactions alone aren’t enough to give rise to a hostile work environment claim without more. Recent decisions underscore this distinction enough to give employers at least a little relief over the kinds of employee conflicts that occur on a daily basis. More >
