Unfortunately, sexual harassment continues to happen in the American workplace. This is often due to a difference in power between two individuals. For example, harassment may be the way that an executive demonstrates their power to the office workers that they are in...
Quid pro quo is a Latin term loosely translated to this for that. If your supervisor pegs or bases a job promotion, work benefits and other opportunities to grow your career on sexual favors, you may be a victim of quid pro quo sexual harassment. It could be a thinly...
Despite years of awareness and sensitization campaigns, sexual harassment remains a serious problem in the workplace. While thousands of incidents are reported each year, the unfortunate reality is that many more go unreported and, thus, unaddressed either because the...
There are a lot of reasons that sexual harassment happens in the workplace. Certainly, there are cases in which there is an element of attraction by one individual for another and they are actually seeking a relationship. It is more common, however, for sexual...
In the past, harassment in the workplace was limited to face-to-face interactions with hostile or discriminating managers, co-workers or others. Today, though, the digital era has introduced an all-new type of workplace harassment – digital harassment. Today, those...
A co-worker begins telling jokes that you find offensive. Perhaps they poke fun at your gender or maybe they are just explicit jokes. Perhaps you are even the brunt of those jokes, and you feel personally attacked, even though they smile when they say it. Saying that...
