Tina and Tom are co-workers at Acme Corporation.As night custodians,they work together cleaning the Acme office building at night when the building is empty.Tom regularly makes sexual advances toward Tina that distress her.However,Tina has never complained about Tom's conduct to her supervisor,Mary,who only works during the day.Which of the following statements is most accurate?

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Under Title VII,an employer will be directly liable for harassment by a nonsupervisory coworker only when the employer knew or should have known about the harassment and was negligent in responding to prevent and correct the offending behavior.Since Tina had never complained about Tom's conduct to her supervisor,Mary,Acme Corporation may defend that it did not know about the harassment and therefore,it cannot be directly liable for Tom's behavior.

Tina and Tom Are Co-Workers at Acme Corporation