What is the legal standard that characterizes sexual and other types of illegal harassment?
Sexual harassment is a form of illegal harassment that includes inappropriate practices and behaviors ranging from direct requests for sexual favors to workplace conditions that create a hostile environment for persons of either gender, including same sex harassment. Other types of illegal harassment include inappropriate practices and behaviors such as jokes, disparaging remarks, etc., based upon a person’s age ethnicity, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.