04-12-2006, 06:00 PM
Employee charges employer with sexual harassment because the employer's spam filters failed to filter out porn spam :
If a court ever decided that an employer's failure to filter all porn spam is sexual harassment then ISPs and email service providers would be guilty of sexual harassment too.
full article: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=190
If a court ever decided that an employer's failure to filter all porn spam is sexual harassment then ISPs and email service providers would be guilty of sexual harassment too.
Quote:In today's litigious society, common sense is often out the door with some juries with the "stick it to the man" mentality are eager to give large awards even when no real faults are found. In one of our more heated TechRepublic debates, member "sostermann" posts "Can porn spam be considered sexual harassment to employees?" Sostermann tells of a new employee who has complained to upper management stating "This is now border line harassing! Some employees would consider this sexual harassment."
Quote:It would be unreasonable to hold an employer liable for any vulgar message than an employee may come across.
full article: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=190