Sentences with phrase «to constitute harassment»

This decision confirms that employers and managers may manage workers as they see fit, and that such management does not constitute harassment if it is objectively reasonable.

This can include membership terms or what constitutes harassment on your site.

The law sets out what type of conduct constitutes harassment and it is clear that sexual harassment falls under both laws.

This change is beneficial to employers who deal with trivial harassment issues such as employees complaining that a poor performance review constitutes harassment.

A single discriminatory act may, in theory, constitute harassment where it is sufficiently serious.

A single act, which has a harmful effect, may also constitute harassment.

The party found that while the former cabinet minister's behaviour fell short of the party's standards and was «inappropriate», it «did not constitute harassment».

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that the use of bad language was evidently merely an expression of bad temper and not intended to express hostility to the Pope or Catholicism and that it did not constitute harassment within the meaning of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003.

The new legislation would also make explicit the fact that sexual harassment constitutes harassment under the law (even though it has already been interpreted as such by Quebec courts).

The arbitrator further dismissed the grievor's allegation that the fact that the Chair expected her to perform certain clerical tasks that were within her job description constituted harassment on the basis that the grievor's previous supervisor did not expect of her.

Even if the comments are, for example, spoken by a man to another man about a woman, they can constitute harassment if a) that man reports them or b) they are overheard by someone who reports them.

Mohibi was speaking at a news conference called by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) Tuesday, where he said the city's actions constituted harassment.

It could be as innocuous as a misunderstanding or one guy asked someone out and they said no and felt that constituted harassment warranting remedy.

But it was strongly arguable that the conduct relied on by the claimant was «oppressive» and «unacceptable» and so constituted harassment.

Section 12 (3) of the Human Rights Act 1998 applied, even if the conduct complained of had the extra elements necessary to constitute harassment independently.

If we determine that the behaviors reported do indeed constitute harassment, we'll take action (which may range from warning to suspending the user).

The question of how serious must the conduct be to constitute harassment for the purpose of a claim under PHA 1997 has been considered by the higher courts.

The Arbitrator upheld the grievance, finding that harassing messages directed at an employer's social media account constitute harassment in the workplace against the employees administering the employer's account.

(f) stalking (defined in section 1 (1)(n. 1) to mean «repeated conduct by a person, without lawful excuse or authority, that the person knows or reasonably ought to know constitutes harassment of another person and causes that other person to fear for his or her personal safety.»)

The issues here were whether Peelle's conduct constituted harassment as defined in s. 7 (2) of the Code, and if so, whether or not the harassment was due to the applicant's sex.

Behaviors that could constitute harassment include calls or messages to a personal cell phone or invitations to meet outside of work.

Courts now look at whether the behavior constitutes harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, then whether the plaintiff actually suffered adverse employment action, such as termination, demotion, undesirable reassignment, decrease in benefits, or failure to be promoted as a result of the supervisor's actions.

The proposal released Friday provides new, detailed descriptions of what constitutes harassment — including «any language, jokes of a sexual nature, kidding, teasing and threats that are sexual in nature.»

Referring to Mr Crabb's case, a Conservative Party spokesman said: «Following an investigation, a panel headed by an independent QC has concluded that Mr Crabb's behaviour did not constitute harassment.

Vice-Chair Kershaw found that Kulczycki's posting and comments were vexatious and constituted harassment within the meaning Section 10 (1) of the Ontario Human Rights Code, which defines harassment as «a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably be known to be unwelcome,» on the basis of race, place of origin, ancestry and citizenship.

In a recent Small Claims Court case, Wexler v. C.C.C. No. 28, a condominium corporation that had to undertake enforcement measures to get an owner to comply with the condominium documents and the Condominium Act, 1998 (the «Act») found itself being sued by the owner who claimed that the corporation's conduct constituted harassment.

The case was sent back to a lower court, however, to determine whether or not the appearance of waitresses was enforced in a way that constitutes harassment.

We cover investigative principles concerning workplace harassment, sexual harassment, and discrimination; the types of conduct that constitutes harassment, sexual harassment, and discrimination; remedies available for sexual harassment; strategies to prevent sexual harassment; practical examples of sexual harassment; how to conduct a workplace investigation; how to take a written declaration of facts; and how to take an oral declaration of facts.

«The tone of the meeting and conduct were abusive and constituted harassment,» his attorney said in court.

We reserve the right to remove posts that we consider abusive, offensive, inappropriate, malicious or intimidating, or that might constitute harassment or bullying.

Fox v Hall [2014] EWHC 2747 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 78 (Aug)(in which, incidentally, the claimant came a cropper) reminds that, as a matter of law, it is possible for litigation to constitute harassment.

He went on to lay down a benchmark holding that «where... the quality of the conduct said to constitute harassment is being examined... Courts are well able to recognise the boundary between conduct which is unattractive, even unreasonable, and conduct which is oppressive and unacceptable.

Under Bill 132, normal management and direction of workers does not constitute harassment, which means that employers are permitted to review and manage the work of an underperforming employee.

Conduct that subjectively negatively impacts an individual employee, but that is objectively reasonable in the context of the workplace, does not constitute harassment.

Codify current case law to legislate that normal management and direction of workers will not constitute harassment.

Systematic and / or continued behaviors that afflict or demean someone in a way that would make a reasonable person fear for their safety or the safety of those around them constitute harassment.

A Harassment Policy outlines what harassment is, how to report it, and what the protocol is if there is an incident that might constitute harassment.

Communications which specifically target an individual or individuals and which may constitute harassment or stalking.

Applying this reasoning to the facts, the arbitrator found that although the supervisor's conduct could have been improved, it did not constitute harassment.

The arbitrator found that the supervisor's conduct did not constitute harassment.