Harassment of any kind is wrong, but only illegal if based on discrimination or protected activity.
Thousands of workers each year report workplace harassment ranging from racial slurs to unwelcome sexual advances. This creates non-productive, hostile work environments.
Some examples of workplace harassment include:
- Unwelcome Comments
- For example, comments about an employee’s physical appearance, including sexually explicit fantasies.
- Racial Slurs and Epithets
- For example, making derogatory comments and using offensive terms with racial undertones and stereotypes.
- Prejudicial Statements about Sexuality
- For example, making offensive comments about an employee’s gender traits.
- Religious Bigotry
- For example, making offensive comments about an employee’s faith and religious beliefs.
- Ageism
- For example, targeting an employee with hostile behavior on the basis of age (over 40).
- Sexual harassment
- For example, spanking an employee’s butt. Quid pro quo is another form of workplace harassment that AN Law Firm, P.A. regularly handles.
- For example, an employee propositioned for a sexual favor in return for job security is a type of quid pro quo. It’s inappropriate and creates a hostile work environment. Think of a quid pro quo as a “favor for a favor” or the equivalent of “you-scratch-my-back-I-scratch-your-back.”
Sexual harassment is abhorrent and unacceptable. It can also be physically and emotionally taxing, which is why AN Law Firm, P.A. empathically supports its clients throughout the legal and emotional process. If you were/are being sexually harassed in the workplace, please talk to us. We want to help.