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Don't be a jerk at work- Barbara Kate Repa

The workplace is like a person second home. you spend alot of time there, eat there, and sometimes your co workers become more like family. But imagine it being a place you hated to go. you felt uncomfortable and it was less like home and more like hell. Sadly this is the case for people who have to deal with Sexual Harassment .Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination.The legal definition of sexual harassment is "unwelcome verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is severe or pervasive (done by the harasser) and affects working conditions or creates a hostile work environment. A single situation is probably not sexual harassment unless it is a severe case (I.e. single incident of rape.).Both men and women can be sexually harassed.Someone of the same or opposite sex can sexually harass you.  Just because conduct is not sexual does NOT mean it is not sexual harassment. Let's say your a female and harassed at work because of it or vise versa that is still sexual harassment.

Title VII makes employers liable to prevent and stop sexual harassment of employees. Under Title VII, covered employers must:

• take reasonable care to prevent sexual harassment
• take reasonable care to promptly correct sexual harassment that has occurred.

Laws against sexual harassment are designed to protect you from your boss, your co-worker, or customers at work. If an employer has a policy but does not enforce it or does not take proper action when presented with a sexual harassment complaint but does so with complaints of misconduct, then the employer is not taking reasonable care of his/her employees. If you are fired, overlooked for a promotion, demoted, given a less then deserving performance evaluation, or reassigned to a less desirable position because you reject a sexual advance, that almost DEFINITELY is sexual harassment.

But there are things your can do to protect yourself. You can but are not limited to:

• Say “No” Clearly
• Report the Harassment
• Start a Paper Trail
• Review your Personnel File
• Involve your Union
• File a Discrimination Complaint with a Government Agency

Equal Rights Advocates Can Help
Call ERA’s toll-free multilingual Advice and Counseling Line (1-800-839-4372)  You get sound practical advice and information on your legal rights. All calls are confidential. Or you can write us at:
Equal Rights Advocates
180 Howard Street
Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94105

OR

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
(The federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws)
Toll-free phone number that automatically connects you to your local EEOC office.
800-669-4000 

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