Can a company be held liable to an employee for failing to prevent sexual harassment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jackson v. Pepperdine Univ., B296411 (Cal. App. 2020):
As a matter of logic, fairness, and statutory interpretation, under section 12923, "[e]mployers should not be held liable to employees for failure to take necessary steps to prevent [harassment or discrimination], except where [such] actions took place and were not prevented." (Trujillo v. North County Transit
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