The New Jersey Supreme Court on Feb. 11 adopted higher standards for plaintiffs in sexual harassment cases to meet if they hope to have their employers held vicariously liable for supervisors’ conduct.
In a 5-2 ruling in Aguas v. New Jersey, the court said it will allow employers to take advantage of the affirmative defenses established in the 1998 U.S. Supreme Court cases Burlington Industries v. Ellerth and Faragher v. Boca Raton.
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