© Extti, Incorporated, 2014
Preventing Sexual Harassment
Extti, Incorporated®
By: Michael A. Robbins
Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill
AND
President Clinton
1990----- + 3.4%
1991----- + 241%
1993----- + 379%
1996----- + 517%
Fairly steady since then
Rise In Number of EEOC Cases
12 % of EEOC Charges = Sexual harassment
But in California….
………………21%
Last year
Over 1.5 million sexual harassment lawsuits have been filed in California According to employee-employer.com
Private Suits
Definitions Of Harassment
Examples
What to do
Individual liability
Prevention.
We Will Cover:
A form of Discrimination
What is harassment?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
ADEA (age)
ADA (disabilities)
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
Equal Pay Act.
Federal Laws
Race
Religion
Color
Sex
Transgender
National origin.
Coverage
Pregnancy
Older Workers
Age (40+)
Physical Disabilities
Mental Disabilities
Genetic Characteristics.
(Coverage Continued)
FEHALabor Code
State Laws
Same as Federal plus
Medical Condition (cancer related)
Marital Status
Sexual Orientation
Sexual identity.
State Coverage
Sexual identityAssociationPerceived Membership
Newer Calif. Laws:
Prohibit all:
Discrimination
And
Harassment
Policies
Prohibit harassment
on all these bases
The Discrimination Laws
A type of Discrimination
So harassment…..
Sexual Harassment
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson
Bank Teller
Sex-- 40 to 50 times
Voluntariness
Provocative clothing issue.
Harassment Defined
Unwelcomed sexual advances
Requests for sexual favors or
Other verbal or physical conduct.
Submission is made a term or condition of employment
Submission or rejection is used as basis for employment decisions
Conduct creates a hostile or offensive environment.
Definition--Continued--
2 Kinds
Quid pro quo
Hostile environment
Conditioning job benefits
On sexual favors
Quid Pro Quo
Examples:……………………………………Remarks, questions or other verbal conductSexual touchingDrawings, photographs, cartoons, emails, texts.
Hostile Environment
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By: Michael A. Robbins
Extti, Incorporated®
© Extti, Incorporated, 2014
Preventing Sexual Harassment
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