Sexual Harassment Policy
Introduction
Sexual harassment is unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature or insulting comments about a person’s sex (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, n.d.). Sexual harassment can occur in either males or females. Every state and local law enforcements have their own sexual harassment policies which must be in compliance with the latest Supreme Court decisions. Georgia’s sexual harassment policy states that public employers and private employers with fifteen or more employees must meet the terms of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (BLR, 2016). The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office has a zero tolerance policy on all …show more content…
Since sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination, which violates the Title VII.
Gwinnett County and Georgia’s Polices Similarities While Georgia and Gwinnett County’s policies are stated differently, they both protect all citizens right not to be sexually harassed. It is known that a victim can be either male or female and the harasser does not have to be the opposite sex. Also the harasser can be a supervisor, a co-worker, or an inmate. The victim is not always the individual harassed but anyone that could be anyone that is offended by the conduct.
Gwinnett County and Georgia Differences The main difference between Gwinnett County and Georgia policies is that Gwinnett County policy focuses on the safety of inmates. While Gwinnett County do value the safety of their employees, their policy focuses on the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The PREA is a federal law that seeks to eliminate sexual abuse against an individual detained in federal, state, and local facilities.
Women’s Experience with Sexual
Introduction
Sexual harassment is unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature or insulting comments about a person’s sex (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, n.d.). Sexual harassment can occur in either males or females. Every state and local law enforcements have their own sexual harassment policies which must be in compliance with the latest Supreme Court decisions. Georgia’s sexual harassment policy states that public employers and private employers with fifteen or more employees must meet the terms of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (BLR, 2016). The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office has a zero tolerance policy on all …show more content…
Since sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination, which violates the Title VII.
Gwinnett County and Georgia’s Polices Similarities While Georgia and Gwinnett County’s policies are stated differently, they both protect all citizens right not to be sexually harassed. It is known that a victim can be either male or female and the harasser does not have to be the opposite sex. Also the harasser can be a supervisor, a co-worker, or an inmate. The victim is not always the individual harassed but anyone that could be anyone that is offended by the conduct.
Gwinnett County and Georgia Differences The main difference between Gwinnett County and Georgia policies is that Gwinnett County policy focuses on the safety of inmates. While Gwinnett County do value the safety of their employees, their policy focuses on the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The PREA is a federal law that seeks to eliminate sexual abuse against an individual detained in federal, state, and local facilities.
Women’s Experience with Sexual