What is sexual harassment?
Sexual harassment is defined as “any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favors or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, when it interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
There are two significant manifestations of Sexual harassment in the work environment, which are important to describe.
i) Abuse of authority
A demand by a person in authority, such as a supervisor, for sexual favours in order for the victim to keep or obtain certain job benefits, be it a wage increase, a promotion, training opportunity, a transfer or the job itself.
ii) Creating hostile environment
Any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favors or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, which interferes with an individual's, work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, abusive or offensive work environment.
i) Abuse of authority
A demand by a person in authority, such as a supervisor, for sexual favours in order for the victim to keep or obtain certain job benefits, be it a wage increase, a promotion, training opportunity, a transfer or the job itself.
ii) Creating hostile environment
Any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favors or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, which interferes with an individual's, work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, abusive or offensive work environment.
No comments:
Post a Comment