Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Pair
California Supreme Court
Decided July 2, 2009No. S157197PublishedCited by 398 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KENNARD, J.
An employer who sexually harasses an employee can be liable for damages under both federal law (title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)) and California law (the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA; Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.)) when the sexually harassing conduct is so pervasive or severe that it alters the conditions of employment. (See Lyle v. Warner Brothers Television Productions (2006) 38 Cal.4th 264, 283-284 [42 Cal.Rptr.3d 2, 132 P.3d 211] (Lyle).)
At issue here is California’s Civil Code section 51.9, which prohibits sexual harassment in certain…
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