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The federal appeals court negligence ruling against Home Depot USA Inc. for a supervisor’s rape and murder of an employee demonstrates the importance of having a conscientiously administered sexual harassment policy in place.
In spite of complaints she made to other supervisors and managers, the employee remained under the supervision of the supervisor. He frequently verbally abused her, insisting she start a relationship with him. When she was seven months pregnant, he demanded she attend his sister’s wedding with him or he would have her fired. She complied and after the wedding he brought her to a room he had rented for the two of them. When she continued to refuse to have a relationship with him, he murdered and raped her. The supervisor was sentenced to two life terms, one for killing the pregnant woman, one for killing her child.
This horrific incident underscores the importance of taking sexual harassment complaints seriously and implementing appropriate corrective action, following up and staying involved. “Employers that are presented with sexual harassment situations committed by supervisors are going to need to think long and hard about what discipline they instill,” David N. Michael, a partner with Gould & Ratner LLP told Business Insurance.
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