The Canada
Labour Code defines sexual harassment as «any conduct, comment, gesture, or contact of a sexual nature that is likely to cause offence or humiliation to any employee; or that might, on reasonable grounds, be perceived by that employee as placing a condition of a sexual nature on employment or on any opportunity for training or promotion.»
Not exact matches
Importantly, the Canada
Labour Code applies to «federal works and undertakings», which is
defined by section 2 of that law as follows:
[22] The first question that arises here is whether the appellant is a federal undertaking as that term is
defined in the Canada
Labour Code.
Looking at the two different aspects of sexual harassment as
defined by the Canada
Labour Code, more than half of working women in Canada (54 %) say they have experienced conduct, comments, gestures or contact of a sexual nature that caused them offence or humiliation, while three - in - ten (30 %) experienced conduct, comments, gestures or contact of a sexual nature that they perceived as placing a condition of a sexual nature on their employment or on any opportunity they might have for training or promotion.
Currently, the Canada
Labour Code «
defines sexual harassment, establishes the rights of employees and obligations of employers, and sets out the required contents of a policy against sexual harassment.»