Patrice SHARP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF HOUSTON; Et Al., Defendants, City of Houston, Defendant-Appellant

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• holding that a requested transfer could be an adverse employment action because the plaintiff’s co-workers “caused her reasonably to fear for her safety if she stayed”
• concluding that the “evidence supports the conclusion that [the Houston Police Department] at least tacitly authorized, and maybe encouraged and assisted in, retaliation against subordinate officers who broke the code of silence”
• holding that remedial power includes the ability “to instruct the offending employees to cease the harassing behavior”
• holding that a constructive demotion occurs when a plaintiff transfers as an “involuntary result of conditions so intolerable that a reasonable person would feel compelled to leave”
• stating that Ellerth and Faragher did not alter the negligence standard which governs employer liability for co-worker harassment
• explaining that a “manager” under title VII “includes someone with the power not only to hire and fire the offending employee but also to take disciplinary action”

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