Description

• Hostile environment sexual harassment.
• Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment.
• The reasonable person standard.
• Same sex harassment.
• Harassment that occurs after work hours.
• Harassment by non-employees.
• Harassment based on gender.
• Retaliation.
• Examples of behaviors that could lead to sexual harassment.
• Keeping decisions job-related.
• Avoiding compromising situations.
• Holding meetings with groups of employees or in public areas.
• Keeping office and conference room doors open during private meetings.
• Keeping conversations on job-related or non-personal topics.
• Limiting physical contact to a handshake.
• Taking sexual harassment seriously.
• Making the goal of a respectful workplace the top priority.
• Training and counseling sessions.
• The progressive discipline policy.
• Inspecting the workplace.
• Watching for the warning signs of unreported harassment.
• Encouraging employees to speak up.
• Reporting procedures.
• Confidentiality
• Documentation of incidents or complaints.
• Legal liability for managers.