Nebraska Jury Instruction — 1.1.3 Public Employee Equal Protection Claim Race and/or Sex Discrimination Hostile Work Environment — Separate Liability is a legal instruction that guides juries in cases where public employees allege race and/or sex discrimination relating to a hostile work environment. In such cases, there are different types of instructions that can be provided to the jury. One type of instruction could address the elements required to establish a claim of public employee equal protection under the law. These elements may include showing that the plaintiff is a public employee, that they have been subjected to race and/or sex discrimination, that the discrimination created a hostile work environment, and that the defendant, typically the employer, is responsible for the discriminatory conduct. Another type of instruction might focus on the concept of separate liability. This occurs when the employer, as a separate entity, can be held responsible for the hostile work environment created by its employees. In this case, the employer may be held liable even if they did not directly participate in the discriminatory acts. Juries would need to understand the legal principles surrounding separate liability in order to accurately assess the employer's culpability. Keywords: Nebraska Jury Instruction, public employee, equal protection claim, race discrimination, sex discrimination, hostile work environment, separate liability.