Harassment

The Employment Discrimination law protects all workers from sexual harassment or any other type of discrimination and is dictated on the level of both federal and state. The Title VI of Civil Rights Acts of 1964, which is enforced by US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, makes it unlawful and illegal to discriminate someone because of their national origin, religion, color, race or sex. Any physical or verbal behavior of sexual nature, sexual advances that are not welcomed, or request for…

In order to substantiate a hostile environment sexual harassment claim, a litigant is required to display that the suspected behavior was amply severe or pervasive to have produced an intimidating, threatening, or insulting work situation. In defining whether that criterion has been met, courts question whether a rational person in equivalent situations would have understood the conduct harassing. Since 1991, some courts have agreed that this standard can best be operationalized by probing the…

how long it would it take to go through all their stories. Sexual harassment in the United States has had a long history. Countless stories of women being given unwanted attention, being force into situations involving groping or getting raped for fear of losing some type of benefit or job security, as well as actions that have made working and feeling comfortable while at work difficult. The unfortunate side of sexual harassment while in the workplace is that no matter how many seminar’s…

world related to food, medicine, education and many more to ease humans in every walk of life, the very basic and naïve psychology remains the same and so does human behavior. The rate of harassment and bullying at workplace is increasing day by day which is very shocking. Many reported cases of bullying and harassment that come in our sight have one thing in common, the reasons why victims are bullied? Typical examples of bullying at workplace are: 1. A new colleague (victim) getting promotion…

Sexual harassment comes in different forms in the workplace and academic settings (Crooks & Baur, 2014). People can be met with unwanted sexual comments, demands, or advances (Lecture 3, 2011). The two types of harassment include: quid pro quo and “hostile or offensive environment”. Quid pro quo is where a person is given an ultimatum to comply with unwanted sexual advances in order to keep a job, get a promotion, or get a good grade (Crooks & Baur, 2014). A “hostile or offensive environment” is…

When it comes to cases involving sexual harassment, the rule of law does not apply to factors such as money and power, gender and false allegations. Firstly, money and power both play a role in impacting sexual harassment cases, the more money and power a person has, the easier it is for them to break the law and fail to receive any form of consequence. There are many cases of rich and powerful individuals getting away with breaking the law. For example, Ben Affleck admitted to sexual harassing…

Sexual harassment may create a devastating impact on individuals and can lead to a personal loss of morale and efficiency. Nevertheless, there is no easy description to define sexual harassment because different people have different perception. Besides, sexual harassment has been named “‘term of art’ that holds different meaning for different people” (U.S Merit System Protection Board, 1988, p.2). In this generation, sexual harassment has been defined as any unwanted or unwelcome conduct of a…

In the article, “Becoming the Symbol of Street Harassment” by Shoshana B. Roberts it outlines the daily struggles many women simply face when they are in public. Street harassment may not be a major problem for males, but on the other hand women are usually the victims of catcalling, something men do not have to deal with. Many people argue that women are to blame due to the provocative clothing they choose to wear while in public, however any individual, regardless of gender has the right to…

During my recent new team member orientation, our HR representative, Rachel, handed out a copy of the Team Member Handbook: Stores Non-exempt to each of us. On page 8 of my copy, (mine is the 9/14 revision.) it outlines Harassment-Free Workplace guidelines, and the types of conduct prohibited. Here is where my issue comes in. The handbook gives the following examples as being inappropriate, “Making sexual comments or jokes, or using graphic or sexually degrading language to describe someone,”…

How Sexual Assault/harassment can affect the Workplace Green Dot and Red Dot actions can affect an environment in many ways, and some phrases that can also affect the environment. To know how Green Dot and Red Dot affect an environment we must know what each Dot is and what they represent. Some of the steps used for someone to be the Green Dot and how violence or sexual assault can be prevented. Also there are phrases and words that can be said by anyone at any time, even if someone if joking…