In defense of a sexual harassment case involving a supervisor-subordinate relationship, it will be important for an employer to be able to show that it took reasonable steps to prevent the harassment, including adopting a strong policy against harassment, training managers and supervisors, and otherwise sensitizing the workplace to sexual harassment issues. It will also be important to show that the complaining employee had a complaint procedure available to him or her, and the employee failed to utilize it.
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