What exactly is workplace harassment?
Workplace harassment includes verbal or physical conduct intended to threaten, intimidate or coerce; and verbal taunting (including racial and ethnic slurs) which, in the opinion of a reasonable person, would impair the employee’s ability to perform his/ her job. Examples of harassment are: • Verbal: Comments which are not flattering regarding a person’s national origin, race, color, religion, age, gender, pregnancy, disability, appearance, sexual orientation, or political affiliation. • Non-verbal: Distribution, display, or discussion of any written or graphic material that ridicules, denigrates, insults, belittles, or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual or group because of national origin, race, color, religion, age, gender, pregnancy, disability, appearance, sexual orientation, or political affiliation.
