Published: 2023-10-12

Compensation liability of universities for damages caused by sexual harassment of employees and students

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Abstract

If a university employee commits acts against the sexual freedom of other employees or students, the problem of the university’s liability for damages arises. This liability finds legal grounds in the provisions of the Civil Code (primarily Article 430 of the Civil Code), as well as in the provisions of the Labor Code regarding the employer›s liability for sexual harassment, which is a violation of the principle of equal treatment in employment. Therefore, the Author analyzes the premises for the application of these provisions, their mutual relations, and the most important practical problems related to their application, including, in particular, the problem of the relationship between the performance of entrusted activities and causing damage, which is of fundamental importance in the context of Art. 430 CC.

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Wilk, Anna. 2023. “Compensation Liability of Universities for Damages Caused by Sexual Harassment of Employees and Students”. Forum Polityki Kryminalnej [Forum on Criminal Policy], no. 2(6) (October):1-22. https://doi.org/10.31261/FPK.2023.06.01.

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No. 2(6) (2023)
Published: 2024-02-16


eISSN: 2720-1589
Ikona DOI 10.31261/FPK

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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