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THERE WERE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE SUPERVISORS’ FAILURE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION BY THE COMPANY PRESIDENT CONSTITUTED AIDING AND ABETTING DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION.

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the sexual discrimination and retaliation causes of action against supervisors, to whom plaintiffs complained about the alleged sexual harassment by the president of the company, should not have been dismissed. It was alleged the supervisors failed to take appropriate action on the complaints and thereby aided and abetted the discrimination and (re: one supervisor) the retaliation causes of action:

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An employee who did not participate in the primary violation itself, but who aided and abetted that conduct, may be individually liable based on those actions under both the NYSHRL [New York State Human Rights Law] and the NYCHRL [New York City Human Rights Law] … . The NYSHRL and the NYCHRL each provide that it is “an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person to aid, abet, incite, compel or coerce the doing of any of the acts forbidden [thereunder], or to attempt to do so” … . Where a defendant provided, or attempted to provide, assistance to the individual or individuals participating in the primary violation, he or she may be found liable for aiding and abetting discriminatory conduct … .

“[T]he law is clear that a supervisor need not make derogatory comments or unwelcome sexual advances to subject himself or herself to liability under the [NYSHRL]. Rather, . . . a supervisor’s failure to take adequate remedial measures can rise to the level of actual participation’ under [the NYSHRL]” … . Indeed, a failure to conduct a proper and thorough investigation or to take remedial measures upon a plaintiff’s complaint of discriminatory conduct is sufficient to impose liability on an aiding and abetting theory … . * * *

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… [The]submissions demonstrated that triable issues of fact exist as to whether [defendant supervisor] had the “power to do more than carry out personnel decisions made by others”… and, thus, may be held individually liable for the alleged retaliation. Ananiadis v Mediterranean Gyros Prods., Inc., 2017 NY Slip Op 05058, 1st Dept 6-21-17

 

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