What constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace?
A. Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is: (a) used as a basis for employment decisions, or (b) has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. Sexual harassment can occur in a variety of workplace situations: (1) The victim as well as the harasser may be a woman or a man. The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex. (2) The harasser can be the victim’s supervisor, the employer’s agent, a supervisor, a co-worker, or a non-employee. (3) The victim does not have to be the person harassed but could be anyone affected by the offensive conduct. (4) The harasser’s conduct must be unwelcome. Victims of sexual harassment should maintain records of all incidents including, date, time, place, names of offenders and witnesses. Victims should tell offenders to stop the sexual harassment. If the conduct continues, the employer should be notified,
