Unsolicited Pornographic Email and Hostile Work Environments
Receipt of UPE may subject an employer to liability for harassment based on a “hostile work environment.” This type of environment is present when, as noted in 510 U.S. 17, 114S.Ct. 367, 370, 126 L. Ed.2d 295 (1993).....
"the workplace is permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule, and insult . . . that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim’s employment and create an abusive work environment…"
For further details, please see
Email, Adult Content, and Employment Law:
Reducing Corporate Liability With Filtering and Policy Tools
By Michael R. Overly, Esq.
Foley & Lardner