This includes efforts in Tehachapi, California, where 13-year-old Seth Walsh, who was openly gay, took his own life after suffering verbal, physical and sexual harassment in school for over two years.

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Wage loss will be taxed, but if you suffered physical injuries or physical sickness from workplace harassment, maybe not.

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And it could become the next major battleground in employment law as a growing number of states consider legislation that would let workers sue for harassment that causes physical or emotional harm.

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"Despite their obligations under New Jersey law and the university's own policy, neither the presidents of the university, the athletic director nor any other university representatives took any steps to assure that the rights of the student-athlete members of the men's basketball program were protected from assault (both physical and verbal), battery, harassment, intimidation, bullying, defamation and other unlawful conduct, " the lawsuit states.

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It encompasses inappropriate verbal behavior as well as physical behavior and statistics show that women are often the target of violence at work, including sexual harassment.

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