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Employer not liable for anonymous racist letters

Employer not liable for anonymous racist letters

Employer not liable for anonymous racist letters

A Black woman employee fails to state an actionable claim for a hostile work environment resulting from receipt of three anonymous racist letters and other alleged harassment, a federal District Court has held, when the letters were not imputable to the employer. It has also dismissed the employee’s claims for retaliation and failure to accommodate her post traumatic stress disorder. Kimberly Washington was employed by Offender Aid and Restoration of Charlottesville-Albemarle in Virginia as senior pre-trial officer. During a staff meeting in late June 2020, she complained that OAR had never promoted a Black woman to a paid leadership position during the time she worked there. On July 1, she...

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