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Woman Fired for Being Too “Hot”? New York Court to Decide

by Brian Mahany
One hit wonder Right Said Fred had a minor hit a few years ago with his song “I’m too  Sexy for My Shirt.”    Now a New York court now gets to decide if former Citibank banker Debrahlee Lorenzana was literally fired for being too sexy for her shirts.  According to her lawsuit,

Is Profanity in the Workplace Grounds for Sexual Harassment? YES Says Court!

by Brian Mahany
(Warning - contains explicit language)
Depending on where you work, profanity is a fact of life. What might not be common in an office may be normal in a lumber yard, trucking company or merchant ship.  We have all heard the expression “swears like a drunken sailor.”  The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, however,