Racial Language
Last week, there was a post about the uproar in the golf world over a Golf Channel host’s comment about Tiger Woods and the followup by Golfweek Magazine. As noted in the post, there are employment cases that arise out of language and conduct having racial overtones, demonstrated by a recent case summarized in the Florida Employment Law Letter.
He wasn’t laughing: Inappropriate humor lands company in court
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For a more complete discussion of this subject, see my post titled “Lynch, Noose, Golf and Employment Law (January 24).