Workplace harassment

1. What is the meaning of harassment in the workplace?
2. What is the most common type of harassment in the workplace?
3. What are example scenarios of harassment in the workplace?
4. What are acts of harassment?
5. How does HR handle harassment?
6. What is not considered harassment?
7. What is an example of unfair treatment at work?
8. What is psychological harassment?
9. What is harassment defined by?
10. How does HR handle harassment?
11. What is not considered harassment?

What is the meaning of harassment in the workplace?

Harassment is unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, or pregnancy), national origin, older age (beginning at age 40), disability, or genetic information (including family medical history).

What is the most common type of harassment in the workplace?

Sexual Harassment

It is the most common type of workplace harassment. It is illegal and must be taken seriously. Examples of sexual harassment are sharing sexual photos or posters, inappropriate sexual touching or gestures, passing sexual comments, invading someone's personal space sexually, etc.

What are example scenarios of harassment in the workplace?

An example of this might be a heterosexual supervisor or coworker who repeatedly makes inappropriate remarks concerning homosexuals and tells "gay" jokes in the workplace, knowing they are being overheard by a homosexual coworker who has complained that such conduct is offensive.

What are acts of harassment?

Harassment refers to words or behavior that threatens, intimidates, or demeans a person. Harassment is unwanted, uninvited, and unwelcome and causes nuisance, alarm, or substantial emotional distress without any legitimate purpose.

How does HR handle harassment?

They will carefully look at the evidence and refer to the companies' anti-harassment or workplace policies. They will even investigate to see if the person who is having a claim filed against has any previous record of harassment. If your witnesses provided a written statement, these records will be looked at closely.

What is not considered harassment?

What is Not workplace harassment? Legitimate and reasonable management actions such as actions taken to transfer demote, and discipline an employee provided these actions are conducted in a reasonable way are not considered workplace harassment.

What is an example of unfair treatment at work?

Here are just a few examples of unfair treatment at work:

Creating offensive comments, emails or social media posts about an employee. Demoting, transferring, or dismissing an employee without a fair, disciplinary process. Paying women lower wages for doing the same job, because of their sex.

What is psychological harassment?

Psychological harassment is a form of vexatious behaviour that involves repeated hostile and unwanted words, behaviour, or actions that are painful, hurtful, annoying, humiliating or insulting.

What is harassment defined by?

The civil harassment laws say “harassment” is: Unlawful violence, like assault or battery or stalking, OR. A credible threat of violence, AND. The violence or threats seriously scare, annoy, or harass someone and there is no valid reason for it.

How does HR handle harassment?

They will carefully look at the evidence and refer to the companies' anti-harassment or workplace policies. They will even investigate to see if the person who is having a claim filed against has any previous record of harassment. If your witnesses provided a written statement, these records will be looked at closely.

What is not considered harassment?

What is Not workplace harassment? Legitimate and reasonable management actions such as actions taken to transfer demote, and discipline an employee provided these actions are conducted in a reasonable way are not considered workplace harassment.