The laws against sexual harassment, a form of sex discrimination, are included in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which applies to: employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments, employment agencies, labor organizations, the federal government.
The following types of behavior/conduct would be classified as sexual harassment
- Unwelcome sexual advance
- Requests for sexual favor
- Other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct-
- Explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment
- Unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance
- Creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.
- The EEOC, in its description of when and how sexual harassment can occur, says that inappropriate conduct can take place in a variety of circumstances