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ne racial slur wasn’t enough to put a company on notice. A federal appeals court explained why and upheld the jury’s verdict for the em
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yer. TL;DR: A federal appeals court affirmed a jury verdict for an employer in a race-based hostile work environment case, holding that one earlier incident involving a coworker’s racial slur didn’t establish “ongoing” harassment, and that two separate disciplinary responses, both short of termination, were reasonably
