Understanding the Importance of Prevention in Workplace Sexual Harassment

Employers have this important responsibility of maintaining a workplace free of all kinds of sexual harassment cases. Prevention in workplace sexual harassment is a legal obligation for employers. However, it also makes perfect business sense. Employers who allow cases of sexual harassment in their workplaces will have to pay high prices in the form of compromised employee morale, lawsuits and low productivity.

The Rights of an Employee at the Workplace

Laws prohibiting sexual violence children and gender discrimination are the ones that also prohibit workplace sexual harassment. The most important Federal law prohibiting workplace sexual harassment is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Additionally, every state in India has its very own anti-sexual harassment law. Every individual working in an office setting needs to have a clear understanding of what is sexual harassment and the different ways or strategies used for preventing the same.

Sexual harassment: What is it?

Speaking of sexual harassment, it is any unwanted or unwelcome sexual conduct or advance at the workplace that further creates intimidating, offensive or hostile working environment. All kinds of behaviors that make the employees feel a bit uncomfortable can be jotted down under the category of sexual harassment. Thought sexual harassment has been defined in a small way here, it is to be noted that it can come in several forms. Some good examples of cases of sexual harassment include:

• Supervisors implying to employees that the employees should sleep with them for being appointed on their jobs.
• Sales clerks making demeaning comments on female consumers to their co-workers.
• Cashiers at store pinching and fondling co-workers against their will.
• Office managers in law firms made uncomfortable by attorneys who utter jokes that are explicitly sexual.
• Secretaries indulging in demeaning and sexist terms.
• Employees posting sexual jokes on bulletin boards in the office.

Almost Any Individual Can be Harassed Sexually

Sexually harassment in the workplace or in any other setting has nothing to do with gender. It is a gender-neutral offense where men can harass women or even women can harass men. Nevertheless, statistics put forward the point that major cases of sexual harassment, charges and claims come forward from women who claim to be harassed by male employees in the office. Putting forward proper laws, rules and regulations in place for the safeguard of women and men in the workplace will help employers in keeping the workplace free of all cases of sexual harassment.

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