Resources

Massachusetts Regulations:
804 CMR 3.01 (4) (a) (4)
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
www.state.ma.us/mcad/harassment.html

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov
JFK Federal Building, Room 475
Boston, MA 02203
617-565-3200 or 1-800-669-4000

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
http://www.state.ma.us/mcad
1 Ashburton Place, Room 601
Boston, MA 02108
617-994-6000

MCAD Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Guidelines
http://www.state.ma.us/mcad/shtoc.html

MCAD Model Sexual Harassment Policy:
http://www.state.ma.us/mcad/harassment.html

See also, Massachusetts Law About Sexual Harassment

Federal Statutes:
42 USC sec. 2000e et seq. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Federal Regulations:
29 CFR 1604.11 Sexual Harassment
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued enforcement guidance on
Vicarious employer responsibilities in 1999.

Selective Case Law:
Burlington Industries v. Ellerth, 524 US 742, 118 S. Ct. 2257, 141 L.Ed.2d. 633 1998 "An employer is subject to vicarious liability to a victimized employee for an actionable hostile environment created by a supervisor with immediate (or successively higher) authority over the employee. When no tangible employment action is taken, a defending employer may raise an affirmative defense to liability or damages, subject to proof by a preponderance of the evidence"

Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. 510 US 17, 114 S. Ct. 367, 126 L.Ed2d 295 (1993) The court held that if conduct in the workplace is so discriminatorily hostile or abusive, Title VII is violated regardless of whether the plaintiff suffered psychological harm. All of the circumstances must be examined to determine whether an environment is hostile or abusive.

National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
www.ncdsv.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
1.800.799.SAFE (7233)
TTY 1.800.787.3224

School Violence Prevention
http://www.mentalhealth.org/schoolviolence/

Massachusetts Coalition for Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Programs, Inc.
http://www.kidsandfire.net/

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