Tricia Moriates was a Principal Law Clerk in Nassau County, New York who is suing the Office of Court Administration (OCA) for sexual harassment. (Photo by David Handschuh/NYLJ)
As New York state lawmakers were preparing to develop a new sexual harassment policy for employers last year, the Office of Court Administration revised its own policy for dealing with such claims, without public notice and in a way that critics say was done too quietly.
Most of the changes were minimal, but some were important. The revised policy deleted any reference to sexual harassment being illegal and significantly shortened sections intended to reassure victims that retaliation for complaints would not be acceptable.
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