Public Employee-Equal-Protection Claim-Race/ Sex Discrimination-Hostile Work Environment-Co-worker Harassment (Separate Liability for Public Body and Individual Supervisors)

• Category: Federal - Jury Instructions - 11th Circuit - Civil
• State: Multi-State
• Control #: US-JURY-11THCIR-4-4
• Format: Word

Description

Pattern Jury Instructions from the 11th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals. For more information and to use the online Instruction builder please visit http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/pattern-jury-instructions Public Employee-Equal-Protection Claim-Race/ Sex Discrimination-Hostile Work Environment-Co-worker Harassment (Separate Liability for Public Body and Individual Supervisors) is a legal claim that can be brought against a public employer when an employee has been subjected to discrimination, harassment, or a hostile work environment based on their race, sex, or other protected characteristic. This claim can be made against the public employer itself, or against individual supervisors responsible for the discriminatory behavior. Types of Public Employee-Equal-Protection Claim-Race/ Sex Discrimination-Hostile Work Environment-Co-worker Harassment (Separate Liability for Public Body and Individual Supervisors) include discrimination in hiring, promotion, job assignments, pay or benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment based on race or sex. It can also include unwelcome verbal or physical conduct that is based on race or sex and is severe or pervasive enough to create a hostile work environment. This can include derogatory comments, slurs, jokes, name-calling, threats, intimidation, physical attacks, and other forms of unwelcome behavior. The public employer can be held liable for the hostile work environment or discrimination if it knew or should have known about the conduct and failed to take corrective action. Individual supervisors can also be held separately liable for their own discriminatory conduct if they were acting within the scope of their employment.

Public Employee-Equal-Protection Claim-Race/ Sex Discrimination-Hostile Work Environment-Co-worker Harassment (Separate Liability for Public Body and Individual Supervisors) is a legal claim that can be brought against a public employer when an employee has been subjected to discrimination, harassment, or a hostile work environment based on their race, sex, or other protected characteristic. This claim can be made against the public employer itself, or against individual supervisors responsible for the discriminatory behavior. Types of Public Employee-Equal-Protection Claim-Race/ Sex Discrimination-Hostile Work Environment-Co-worker Harassment (Separate Liability for Public Body and Individual Supervisors) include discrimination in hiring, promotion, job assignments, pay or benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment based on race or sex. It can also include unwelcome verbal or physical conduct that is based on race or sex and is severe or pervasive enough to create a hostile work environment. This can include derogatory comments, slurs, jokes, name-calling, threats, intimidation, physical attacks, and other forms of unwelcome behavior. The public employer can be held liable for the hostile work environment or discrimination if it knew or should have known about the conduct and failed to take corrective action. Individual supervisors can also be held separately liable for their own discriminatory conduct if they were acting within the scope of their employment.