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UC Santa Cruz Title IX/Sexual Harassment Office

what is sexual assault?

Information for the target of a sexual assault

what is sexual harassment?

what to do if you are being harassed

what is sex discrimination?

a word about confidentiality

retaliation - FAQs

responsibilities of administrators, supervisors
& managers

especially for graduate students

tips for TAs to prevent sexual harassment

what is title ix?

no harassment/
no discrimination
brochure translations

FAQs

 

legal updates

In five of the cases heard by the United States Supreme Court during its 1998 and its 1999 term, decisions addressing central issues in developing sexual harassment law involving both employees and students were issued. These cases were brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects employees in both public and private institutions and businesses from discrimination based on their sex. And the cases by students were brought under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which protects students from sex discrimination, including sexual assault and sexual harassment in all aspects of education (including recruitment, admissions, curricular and extracurricular opportunities, financial aid, rules of conduct, counseling, testing, fees, services and benefits, and other educational activities and opportunities).

I. The Legal Landscape-Employer Liability

1. Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, June 1998, US Supreme Court
Summary and Anaylsis by UC General Counsel Melvin W. Beal

2. Burlington Industries v. Ellerth, June 1998, US Supreme Court
Summary and Analysis by UC General Counsel Melvin W. Beal

3. Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Oil Drilling, March 1998, US Supreme Court

4. Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District, June 1998, US Supreme Court,
Summary and Analysis by UC General Counsel Melvin W. Beal

5. Davis v. Monroe County School District, May 1999, US Supreme Court

 

 

 

To contact UCSC's Title IX / Sexual Harassment Officer
Rita Walker
119 Kerr Hall
email rew@ucsc.edu
phone 831.459.2462