Employees who are fired for serving as witnesses in internal sexual harassment investigations have legal protection and can sue employers for retaliation, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
The decision resolves a conflict between different judicial circuits on the issue of how to apply sex discrimination law.
The case was sparked by a Nashville, Tenn., school district's investigation of conduct by its employee relations director. Gene Hughes. Vicky Crawford, the district payroll supervisor, who had not lodged the complaint against Mr. Hughes, was fired after testifying he had sexually harassed her.
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