Gnerre v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination

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• recognizing that “the more offensive the [action] the fewer instances of harassment may be required to demonstrate” liability under chapter 151 B
• dicta noting that, “the statute only requires that the unsolicited harassment be of a sexual nature” albeit discussing subsection 4(6) of chapter 151B which contains language similar to subsection 4(1)
• sexual harassment, to be actionable, must be sufficiently pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim’s employment
• sexual harassment, to be actionable, must be sufficiently pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim’s employment
• “[A] numerosity requirement would unfairly penalize the plaintiff who took affirmative steps to avoid further harassment by avoiding the defendant altogether.”
• harassment is established if it is “of such a nature that it would make the plaintiffs [employment] significantly less desirable to a reasonable person in the plaintiffs position”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).