What is a hostile work environment that is prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act?
Hostile work environment harassment arises when “sexual conduct has the purpose of effect of unreasonable interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment,” . To prevail on a hostile work environment cause of action, a plaintiff must establish, among other things, that he/she was subjected to unwelcome sexual harassment based upon his/her sex that affected a term, condition, or privilege of employment. The behavior creating the hostile working environment need not be overtly sexual in nature, but it must be “‘unwelcome’ in the sense that the employee did not solicit or invite it, and the employee regarded the conduct as undesirable or offensive.” The harassment must also be sufficiently severe or pervasive “to alter the conditions of employment and create an abusive working environment.” In assessing the hostility of an environment, a court must look to the totality of the circumstances. Circumstances to be conside
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