What is a hostile environment sexual harassment claim?
The following excerpt is from U.S. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. Zoria Farms, Inc., Case No. 1:13-cv-01544-DAD-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2016):
A hostile environment sexual harassment claim is stated where the employee shows (1) that he or she was subjected to sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature; (2) this conduct was unwelcome; and (3) the conduct was sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim's employment and create an abusive working environment. Ellison v. Brady, 924 F.2d 872, 875 (9th Cir. 1991).
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