WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I AM A VICTIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT?
If you are a victim of sexual harassment, you need to speak to a lawyer immediately. Sexual harassment claims can have very short statutes of limitations (which means that the time that you have to file a claim is very short).
WHAT IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT?
There are many forms of unwanted sexual harassment including:
Unwanted or offensive physical touching.
Comments (this can include making or using derogatory comments based on gender or sexual comments, epithets, slurs and jokes).
Verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about an individual’s body, sexually degrading words used to describe an individual can all be forms of sexual harassment).
Advances and offensive gestures.
Making or threatening retaliatory action after receiving a negative response to sexual advances.
WHAT IS “QUID PRO QUO” SEXUAL HARASSMENT?
A common type of sexual harassment in the workplace is “quid pro quo” sexual harassment. This occurs when a supervisor demands sexual favors from an employee in exchange for tangible job benefits or in exchange for not taking an adverse action against the employee (for example, if a supervisor tells you that he will fire you or cut your hours if you do not submit to his sexual advances). To prove a case for quid pro quo sexual harassment, you must be able to demonstrate that you suffered a tangible employment action because you refused a supervisor’s sexual demands.
You must be able to demonstrate that your employment condition changed (for the worse) (such as termination, or a reduction in hours) as a result of your refusal to submit to a supervisor’s demands.
WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES AND EFFECTS OF BEING SUBJECTED TO HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE?
Victims of sexual harassment can suffer all sorts of emotional distresses. Such losses can include mental suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, grief, anxiety, humiliation, and emotional distress.
These are very real losses and can manifest in physical forms of heartache, anger, sadness, sleep-loss, appetite disruption, hyper vigilance, self-isolation, difficulty concentrating, panic attacks, anxiety, or depression. These symptoms are real and serious harms.
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