Tyree hires Marg as a teller at the Middletown Bank. He is the branch manager. A few weeks later, Tyree asks Marg to go to dinner with him. At dinner, he asks her how she likes her new job. She tells him that she enjoys the work. He tells her she has a great future with the bank, if she will be his special friend. The next day, Tyree calls Marg into his office to tell her that he is promoting her to head teller. He suggests that they have sex in his office. Fearful about her job, Marg agrees. After a year of intermittent sexual relations with Tyree, Marg tells him that the relationship is over. When Marg applies for the job of assistant branch manager, Tyree selects another teller in the branch with less experience for the job. The bank has a well-developed harassment policy, which requires complaints of sexual harassment be made to the HR department. Marg does not report the harassment to HR, but she does file a complaint with the EEOC.

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Middletown is liable for the sexual harassment of Marg by Tyree because an employer has strict liability for quid pro quo harassment when a supervisor's actions result in a tangible employment action against the employee.

Tyree Hires Marg as a Teller at the Middletown Bank