SEXUAL ABUSE CASES

Sexual harassment in the workplace affects every aspect of your life - mental, emotional, physical, financial and social. It’s not just about work. It’s also one of the most prevalent problems in our daily work lives:

Studies suggest that anywhere between 40-70% of women and 10-20% of men have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.

Approximately 15,000 workplace sexual harassment cases are brought to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) each year.

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Behavior That Can Be Considered Workplace Sexual Harassment

Although many federal and state laws do not specifically define workplace sexual harassment or make it illegal, courts have found that sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination, which violates the laws against sex discrimination in the workplace.

Sexual harassment is generally considered unwelcome behavior that happens to you because of your sex.

Some types of behavior that can be considered sexual harassment include:

• Verbal or written conduct: commenting about clothing, personal behavior, or your body; requesting sexual favors or repeatedly asking you out; telling sexual or sex-based jokes; telling rumors about your personal or sexual life; making sexual innuendoes; threatening you.
• Physical conduct: blocking your movement; inappropriately touching of your body or clothing; kissing, hugging, patting, or stroking; rape or assault.
• Nonverbal conduct: looking up and down your body; making derogatory gestures or facial expressions of a sexual nature; following or stalking you.
• Visual displays: posters, drawings, pictures, screensavers or emails of a sexual nature.
  

Steps to Take if You are Experiencing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

If you are dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace, here are some steps you can take to bring some sanity back into your life:

• Start a paper trail. Write down everything that happens. Keep track of the date and time. If you get anything from the harasser in writing, save it.
• Tell the harasser to stop. Make it clear that you find the behavior offensive. This is very important in the legal process.
• If the harasser does not stop, follow your employer’s guidelines. To the letter. You must show that you have done everything you can to take care of the problem.
• If your company has 15 employees or more, file a complaint with the EEOC. If it does not, find out if your state has procedures that cover sexual discrimination for smaller companies.
• Talk to a workplace harassment attorney about your case as soon as possible. You may only have so much time to file a lawsuit, according to the statute of limitations applicable in your state.
  

 

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