The Nation - News from June 4, 1987
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Sexual harassment in the workplace violates state anti-discrimination laws, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled in what is believed to be the first such ruling by a state court. The state’s highest court ruled 4 to 3 that a clothing manufacturer violated a woman employee’s rights by failing to correct a sexually harassing work environment. The order upheld a Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination ruling that ordered College-Town, a division of Interco Inc., to award Loretta D. Rizzi $17,733 in damages and back pay.
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