Imagine working hard to get that promotion at your job only to find it actually hinges on some rather unpleasant conditions: Your supervisor wants sexual favors to affect the promotion. In such a case, you could be a victim of quid pro quo sexual harassment, a...
Sexual Harassment
How you dress does not invite sexual harassment
Imagine that you go to work one day, and a co-worker begins making lewd comments about you. You ask them to stop, so they start making the same comments about you to other co-workers. It feels like everyone is staring at you and talking about you. When you tell them...
Holiday parties and sexual harassment: What to know
Love them or hate them, it’s time for the annual “company party” season to start. Owners and managers often view holiday parties as a way to reward their employees for another year of hard work and build more connected, cohesive teams. Holiday parties, however, are...
Should you report sexual displays of affection at work?
Most people know someone who they work with who is married or dating someone else in the company. While some companies have rules where people who work together can’t be married or date, that tends not to be the case as long as those two people aren’t directly...
Why does harassment at work often go entirely unreported?
It’s very common for one workplace harassment allegation to spawn a number of additional complaints. Once one victimized person steps forward, other employees will stand up and say that they, too, were harassed in the same way. This helps to show a pattern of...
What are the telltale signs of sexual harassment in the workplace?
Workplace sexual harassment isn't often easy to identify objectively. The difference between a friendly gesture and an inappropriate one can mean different things to different people. Fortunately, there are clear signs of sexual harassment and options that you can...
Is sexual harassment part of the job as a waitress?
Waitressing can be tough at the best of times. You are on your feet for hours, often until late at night, and things can go from quiet to manic in seconds. Customers can be demanding or rude, and so, at times, can your colleagues. While the pay is lousy, at least you...
Workplace sexual harassment may happen on your phone
When you think of workplace sexual harassment, your first thought may be of a worker making a crude comment about a co-worker or of a supervisor attempting to get sexual favors from someone who works under them. These are in-person interactions. They can and do...
A baseball executive fails to outrun sexual harassment charges
Accusations of sexual harassment carry serious consequences, even when those accused leave behind the hostile work environments that they created to take a job in a similar industry. Not even two months into his new position as the New York Mets general manager,...
If a co-worker asks you for a date, is that sexual harassment?
If you’ve been asked out on a date at work and refused, you may still be unsettled. Maybe you believe that interoffice relationships are unprofessional or that clients shouldn’t approach you in that way. However you feel about it, if you’re considering reporting it as...
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