The United States Supreme Court changed the nature of an employer's liability for sexual harassment,rejecting the previous standard that the employer had to be negligent somehow to be liable for a supervisor's improper behavior toward employees.

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The statement accurately reflects the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Faragher v. City of Boca Raton and Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, in which they established a new standard of employer liability for sexual harassment by a supervisor, known as vicarious liability. Under this standard, an employer can be held liable for a supervisor's harassment of an employee even if the employer was not aware of the harassment, as long as the harassment resulted in a tangible employment action.

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