Are You the Victim of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace?
Unlawful Sexual Harassment
There are basically two kinds of sexual harassment recognized by federal and New Jersey state law:
(1) Hostile-work environment – This kind of harassment occurs when an employer or agents of the employer (manager or non-manager) subject an employee to unwelcome sexual behavior (physical or verbal). A hostile work environment can exist if unwelcome conduct is severe and pervasive.
(2) Quid pro quo sexual harassment – This occurs when an employer (or agents of the employer) place terms and conditions of an employee’s continued employment on the return of sexual favors.
Sexual harassment can occur in a variety of circumstances, including but not limited to the following:
- The victim does not have to be the person harassed but could be anyone affected by the offensive conduct.
- Unlawful sexual harassment may occur without economic injury or termination of the victim from employment.
- The victim, as well as the harasser, may be a woman or a man. The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex.
- The harasser’s conduct must be unwelcome.
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The harasser can be the victim’s supervisor, an agent of the employer, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or a non-employee.
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Written by Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann & Wright, a New Jersey Employment Law Attorney
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Monmouth County, Ocean County, Essex County, Cape May County, Camden County, Mercer County, Middlesex County,
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