Tyson,the branch manager at Middletown Bank,hires Marge as a teller.A few months later,he urges her to engage in some sexual activity with him in return for a promotion to the post of senior teller.Fearful about losing her job,Marge agrees.After a year of an intermittent sexual relationship with him,she tells him that the relationship is over.When she applies for the job of assistant branch manager,Tyson selects another employee in the branch with less experience for the job.In spite of the bank's well-developed sexual harassment policy,which requires complaints of sexual harassment be made to the human resources department,Marge files a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).Which of the following holds true in this case?

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Middletown Bank will face strict liability for quid pro quo harassment. If an employee is precipitously terminated or demoted, not given a raise if it is expected, or given a raise if none is expected, there will be a paper trail, and the law holds the employer responsible for knowing what is going on in the employer's workplace. An employer is strictly liable for the tangible acts of its supervisors regardless of whether the specific acts complained of were authorized or even forbidden by the employer and regardless of whether the employer knew or should have known of their occurrence.

Tyson,the Branch Manager at Middletown Bank,hires Marge as a Teller