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39 minute read August 25, 2003 at 12:50 AM
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National Litigation Hotline

Adopting a broader definition of 'supervisor' than other Courts of Appeals have done for purposes of establishing an employer's vicarious liability in a sexual harassment suit, the Second Circuit recently held that a male employee who did not have authority to hire, fire, reassign, promote, or change the benefits of a female co-worker was nonetheless her supervisor for Title VII purposes.

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