Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is unwelcome or unwanted sexual advances, comments, physical touching (of you or others in your presence), requests for sexual favors or other physical or verbal behavior of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment unreasonably interferes with a person’s job performance and creates and intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.

Examples of behaviors that could indicate sexual harassment include the following:

• Offering employment benefits for sexual acts/favors.

• Making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual advances.

• Propositioning sex.

• Inappropriate physical conduct (including: groping, unwanted touching, kissing, hugging, brushing up against a person).

• Making offensive comments about an individual’s looks, clothing, and/or body parts.

• Sexual remarks or innuendos.

• Asking intrusive sexual questions.

• Telling sexual or lewd jokes, hanging sexual posters, or making sexual gestures or sounds.

• Sending, forwarding, or soliciting sexually suggestive letters, notes, emails, or images.

• Displaying pornography or other sexually explicit content.

• Deliberately exposing private parts or rubbing oneself sexually around another person.

These are just some examples of conduct that may constitute sexual harassment under California law. Others exist.

If you believe you have been sexually harassed, contact us for a free case evaluation.