Workplace Sexual Harassment

You might think you will know sexual harassment when you see it. Yet, if you wish to take legal action to defend yourself against it, it is essential to understand how the law sees things. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act allows you to take action when one of two...

Inappropriate touching, jokes and comments that are sexual in nature are just some of the examples of acts that qualify as sexual harassment. Unfortunately, sexual harassment is a major issue in the workplace throughout the United States, and it is something that both...

If you ever thumb through your employee handbook or think back to any orientation you might have received, then you'll likely be able to identify some of the many behaviors that constitute sexual harassment.  You may not remember reading or learning how sexual...

Workplace sexual harassment has traditionally involved inappropriate comments and unwanted attention from people with whom victims share a workplace. However, these days, with so much of our work communication done via computer and phone and often from home, workplace...

Across all industries, many members of the El Segundo, California workforce regularly experience workplace sexual harassment. From lewd remarks to inappropriate touching to unwanted advances, such harassment takes many forms. Just the same, many victims never speak...

Sexual harassment often looks like unwanted touching or co-workers making disgusting comments or jokes at the expense of someone else. However, some forms of sexual harassment might initially seem like an opportunity to the victim. People working in management have no...

You have been suffering sexual harassment at the hands of a co-worker. Here’s the catch, though: It hasn’t been happening at work. For instance, maybe a co-worker on your floor once asked you out. You said no and thought that was the end of it. However, they already...

Going to work each day should not have you worried about how you will be treated by supervisors or co-workers. You are supposed to be able to do your job freely and without harassment. Sexual harassment is a serious problem in workplaces all throughout California....

When you arrive at work each day in El Segundo, you aren't thinking that you will be the victim of sexual harassment. It's usually not at the front of our minds, but it is something that you should think about every so often. Even though there are laws in place to...

When you go to work in the morning you don't expect to be the victim of sexual harassment. The sad fact, however, is that even with laws and procedures in place to protect employees, it still happens. Sometimes, people don't even realize that what they're experiencing...