Generally, a typical sexual harassment claim involves a supervisor or manager or co-worker making unwelcome sexual advances toward another employee.
But what if, instead of the harasser being one of your employees, it's an independent contractor.
Does that absolve your company from liability? Is it a valid defense if one of your employees sues you for sexual harassment to point the finger outside of the company?
Yeah, well, if you knew about the harassment, and did nothing about it, then prolly not.
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