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(Non)existent Laws of Workplace Cyberbullying: Limitations of Legal Redress in a Digitized Market

(Non)existent Laws of Workplace Cyberbullying: Limitations of Legal Redress in a Digitized Market

Harrison M. Rosenthal, Genelle I. Belmas
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781799849124|ISBN10: 1799849120|EISBN13: 9781799849131
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4912-4.ch020
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Rosenthal, Harrison M., and Genelle I. Belmas. "(Non)existent Laws of Workplace Cyberbullying: Limitations of Legal Redress in a Digitized Market." Handbook of Research on Cyberbullying and Online Harassment in the Workplace, edited by Leslie Ramos Salazar, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 425-446. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4912-4.ch020

APA

Rosenthal, H. M. & Belmas, G. I. (2021). (Non)existent Laws of Workplace Cyberbullying: Limitations of Legal Redress in a Digitized Market. In L. Ramos Salazar (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Cyberbullying and Online Harassment in the Workplace (pp. 425-446). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4912-4.ch020

Chicago

Rosenthal, Harrison M., and Genelle I. Belmas. "(Non)existent Laws of Workplace Cyberbullying: Limitations of Legal Redress in a Digitized Market." In Handbook of Research on Cyberbullying and Online Harassment in the Workplace, edited by Leslie Ramos Salazar, 425-446. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4912-4.ch020

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Abstract

This chapter chronicles the legislative and jurisprudential history of workplace bullying and analyzes new frameworks for applying employee harassment laws to the digital era. Part I considers the sociolegal underpinnings of workplace harassment found in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The authors discuss how Title VII and its legal progeny gave way to “hostile work environment” claims. Part II discusses leading U.S. Supreme Court precedent, the creation of an affirmative defense for employers, and the limitations of that defense, including those developing in state and local jurisdictions. Part III discusses prevailing solutions and raises questions not yet addressed in the legal literature. Findings reveal that American jurisprudence is ill-set to protect or compensate workers injured by bullying—either cyber or physical.

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