Muller Vs Harris

In the case of Muller Vs Oregon (1908), the Supreme Court ruled that Oregon was protecting women from working more than eight hours (protectionism). However, in the current times we live in some people would have seen as a case of discrimination at work since men would work more hours thus earning more than women. The reason I chose the topic was because I have known people who have been discriminated while at work, based on their ethnicity or nation of origin. Even though the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 has helped reduce cases of discrimination in a work environment. There have still been cases of sexual discrimination in major media conglomerates and also other industries. There are organizations that help stop discrimination
Forklift Systems Inc. (1993) this was a case that made helped define a hostile and abusive work environment. Teresa Harris was a manager at Forklift Systems Inc.; she alleged that within a period of 2 years the president of the company was subject to gender discrimination. She claimed that he used sexual remarks when talking to her and even offered sexual advance offers; he did this even in the presence of fellow employees. She confronted him about his actions and his response was that he was fooling around and he also apologized to her promising to seize that kind of behavior. However, after a few months his boss began to harass her again. She later on quit her job claiming it was an unsafe environment for her to work. Harris filed a suit in State District court but the court ruled that Harris’s employer did not make a cruel environment for her. They stated it would not affect someone’s psychological being and performance at work. The Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia expressed that frustration inherent in attempts to succinctly define sexual harassment. The decision was criticized for its vagueness (49). The suit was late settled outside the courts. The terms for settlement were not released to the