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Can i be terminated for alledgely sexually harrassing a lady who in turn had made sexual comments to me and in a workplace where almost everyone says or makes one sexual comment or sends eachother picture messages of a sexual nature.
State/Country relating to Question: Nevada Already Tried: Nothing just confused though i have allegations in the past which lead to a final written warning but this is from a soured relationship and aggravated individual
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To be clear the revelation was during an investigation in which the investigator said there had been several other people who came up and was informed that almost everyone in the workplace was guilty of having committed a form of sexual or inapporiate comments thus this means the company policy might have been applied unequally.
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