When discussing sexual harassment and retaliation, in consist of verbal or physical conduct that degrades or shows hostility or dislike toward an individual based on sex. Sexual harassment can come in different variations such as verbal or physical conduct. Some people think of harassment as involving physical conduct, like touching, groping or fondling. Sexual harassment involves verbal conduct, such as comments that directly or indirectly refer to an individual’s sex or comments of a sexual nature or sexual offensive jokes. For example, if a manager massages a female employees shoulders on a regular without the employees consent and calls her names like baby, love and darling,” that is both verbal and physical conduct. Quid pro quo and is
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Baxter Healthcare Corp., No. 05-3866, 2006 WL 3113591 (7th Cir., Nov. 3, 2006), Peter Luks alleged that Baxter Healthcare Corp. (Baxter) discharged him based on his age, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq. The district court granted summary judgment to Baxter, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed (Ross, 2007). In the case of Durham Life Insurance Co. v. Evans, 1999, a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a $410,156 judgment in favor of a female employee who lost her office and her secretary, and who was demoted from her six-figure job following harassment that included sexual harassment. Retaliation is becoming the form of employment discrimination of the new decade (Sexual Harassment and Retaliation, 2002). In Szymanski v. County of Cook, No. 06-1061, 2006 WL 3346150 (7th Cir. Nov. 20, 2006), Evelyn Szymanski sued Cook County, alleging that its employee, Dr. John Raba, retaliated against her in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, by “blackballing” her after her employment with Cook County ended. The district court granted summary judgment for Cook County, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed (Ross,
Baxter Healthcare Corp., No. 05-3866, 2006 WL 3113591 (7th Cir., Nov. 3, 2006), Peter Luks alleged that Baxter Healthcare Corp. (Baxter) discharged him based on his age, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq. The district court granted summary judgment to Baxter, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed (Ross, 2007). In the case of Durham Life Insurance Co. v. Evans, 1999, a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a $410,156 judgment in favor of a female employee who lost her office and her secretary, and who was demoted from her six-figure job following harassment that included sexual harassment. Retaliation is becoming the form of employment discrimination of the new decade (Sexual Harassment and Retaliation, 2002). In Szymanski v. County of Cook, No. 06-1061, 2006 WL 3346150 (7th Cir. Nov. 20, 2006), Evelyn Szymanski sued Cook County, alleging that its employee, Dr. John Raba, retaliated against her in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, by “blackballing” her after her employment with Cook County ended. The district court granted summary judgment for Cook County, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed (Ross,