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Single Comment, Together with "Background Evidence," May Establish Hostile Work Environment
September 30, 2012
by
M. Edward Taylor
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Personnel Policies
In Washington, hostile work environment claims can be based on the cumulative effect of discrete acts. As a result, a hostile work environment can arise over a period of days or even years. When a claim involves several years of cumulative conduct, how do Washington courts address the situation where the conduct becomes unlawful in the middle of the series of acts?