Lesley A. PARKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CIVIL CONSTRUCTORS OF ILLINOIS, INC., D/B/A the Helm Group, Inc., Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that employer exercised reasonable care to prevent sexual harassment where it adopted a policy prohibiting sexual harassment which provided multiple complaint mechanisms
• holding that sanctions ranging from verbal reprimand to three-week suspension without pay were adequate penalties for verbal and physical harassment of employee
• holding that a “supervisor” must have “at least some” authority to “hire, fire, demote, promote, transfer, or discipline an employee”
• recognizing that harassment “ ‘by co-workers differs from harassment by supervisors ...’”
• finding that a time period of three months between the protected activity and the adverse employment action is insufficient in establishing a causal link
• finding that a time period of three months between the protected activity and the adverse employment action is insufficient

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