The Ohio Supreme Court recently held that public employees are not personally liable under certain Ohio anti-discrimination laws, but their actions may subject their political-subdivision employers to vicarious liability.
At the same time, the Court indicated that its decision in Hauser v. City of Dayton Police Dep’t, et. al, 2014-Ohio-3636, calls into question whether supervisors and managers of private-sector employers should be held personally liable under Ohio Rev.Code 4112 for discriminatory conduct, as they are now.
Given the right case, it is possible that the Court could decide that, like their public-sector brethren, supervisors and managers of private-sector employers may not be held personally liable for discriminatory conduct.
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