'Noncooperative' Employee Can't Claim Discrimination, 11th Circuit Rules

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An employee who was fired after refusing to cooperate with her employer's reasonable efforts to resolve her harassment complaints cannot hold the employer liable for discrimination, the 11th Circuit has ruled.

A marketing representative claimed that a hostile work environment existed in the office where she worked after her supervisor allegedly used excessive profanity and propositioned her on multiple occasions. When she refused to continue working with her supervisor, her employer offered to transfer her to another branch office in the same state. She declined the transfer and also refused the employer's offer to resolve the problem through counseling. She was then terminated

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'Noncooperative' Employee Can't Claim Discrimination, 11th Circuit Rules

The employee filed a Title VII sex discrimination suit against her employer. The defendant moved...

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