Sexual Harassment

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Defining Sexual Harassment: What You Need to Know

As defined by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), sexual harassment includes:

  • Unwelcome sexual advances
  • Requests for sexual favors
  • Other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature occurring in the workplace or in a learning environment.
  • In some cases, negative comments may also constitute sexual harassment.

Sexual harassment is an assault on a person’s dignity and worth. It can be emotionally scarring and even physically debilitating. Despite efforts to eliminate sexual harassment from the workplace, offending behavior continues and victims seek recourse through the law. If you believe you have been a victim of sexual harassment, The Wheeler Law Firm, APC is here to help. Don't wait, contact our sexual harassment attorneys to seek justice today!


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Navigating the Legal Framework of Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is recognized as a form of discrimination outlawed by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It exists when unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature are linked to employment or career advancement, or simply make one’s job intolerable.

  • Quid pro quo Harassment: The first and most overt type of sexual harassment exists when a person’s employment or career advancement actually depends upon submission to a superior’s sexual overtures. This quid pro quo (this for that) exchange can be explicitly stated or merely implied by the overall circumstances.
  • Hostile Work Environment: This type of sexual harassment is found in workplaces where unwanted sexual conduct unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment. When a worker hates being on the job because of the sexual conduct she must see, hear or suffer, she may very well have a case for sexual harassment.
  • The Unwelcome Question: The sticking point for all sexual harassment claims is that the conduct must be unwelcome. Office flirtations and romances, even between a worker and a supervisor, are not harassment when they are fully consensual. Therefore, it is important for a victim to take reasonable steps to establish his or her objection to the behavior.
  • Same-Sex Sexual Harassment: Sexual harassment does not have to be between members of opposite sex. Cases of same-sex harassment are prevalent, and it is not necessary to prove a homosexual orientation in the harasser.

The firm's Claremont sexual harassment attorneys treat all accusations of sexual misconduct seriously.

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