Employers defeat hostile-environment claims by invoking simple teasing and offhand comments.

Evidence

Consequently, employers often argue that the alleged conduct is a form of “simple teasing, offhand comments, and isolated incidents” that are not actionable.”’ Moreover, when an employer employs others of the same national origin as the plaintiff, ethnic remarks made during a casual conversation may be used to show a lack of intent necessary to establish national origin discrimina- tion. — Sahar F. Aziz, Sticks and Stones, the Words That Hurt, 223

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Title VII hostile environment claims only succeed on egregious, not merely offensive, conduct.; Habitual cumulative epithet use can permit harassment claims to reach trial — Sahar F. Aziz, Sticks and Stones, the Words That Hurt:…, 291; The Patriot Act aggravated workplace discrimination by mandating employer investigations. — Sahar F. Aziz, Sticks and Stones, the Words That Hurt:…, 227

Related

• Title VII hostile environment claims only succeed on egregious, not merely offensive, conduct. (similarity 0.89)
• Habitual cumulative epithet use can permit harassment claims to reach trial (similarity 0.85)
• There is no fixed number of slurs required to establish a hostile work environment. (similarity 0.80)
• Hostile work environment claims use national origin or ethnic origin grounds. (similarity 0.78)