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Eighth Circuit Maintains High Bar for Hostile Work Environment Claims

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on March 10, 2020
Posted in Title VII

By Christopher W. Kelleher, Emily J. Miller, and Erin Dougherty Foley

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a manager’s behavior toward an employee was “reprehensible and improper,” but did not rise to the level of a hostile work environment under Title VII, and affirmed summary judgment for defendants.

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