A recent decision from one of the country’s most respected appellate courts highlights the importance of employers adopting and enforcing a policy prohibiting harassment in the workplace, including sexual harassment. All employers of five or more employees should implement a thorough anti-harassment policy.

Federal, state and local laws make it unlawful to discriminate against employees on the basis of their gender. Since 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that the prohibition against sex discrimination in title Vii of the Civil rights act of 1964 (Title VII) makes sexual harassment unlawful. Florida’s Civil rights act is interpreted consistently with Title VII.

In their weekly Boca Raton News column, Hodgson Russ partners Larry Corman and Glenn Rissman discuss issues related to harrassment in the workplace.

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