77 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 613, 73 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 45,451 Linda Williamson v. The City of Houston, Texas v. The City of Houston, Texas

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• “employer liability for harassment by co-workers is direct liability for negligently allowing harassment, not vicarious liability for the harassing actions of employees”
• “When an organization designates a particular person or persons to receive harassment complaints, it sends a clear signal that those persons have the authority to accept notice of harassment problems.”
• \[c]onstructive notice can result from showing the pervasiveness of the harassment.\
• “[C]onstructive notice [of harassment] can result from ‘showing the pervasiveness of the harassment’”
• “If the employer has structured its organization such that a given individual has the authority to accept notice of a harassment problem, then notice to that individual is sufficient to hold the employer liable.”

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