Sentences with phrase «constitute harassment for»

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.

Not exact matches

What constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace varies, but as theAAUW notes, it includes behaviors like «unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, direct or indirect threats or bribes for sexual activity, sexual innuendos and comments, sexually suggestive jokes, unwelcome touching or brushing against a person,» among others.

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.

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Consequently it is technically possible for conduct to constitute unlawful harassment even if it is not direct discrimination.

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.

It isn't absolutely impossible for factually true statements to constitute harassment, in a legal sense, but in those cases, it is the frequency and character of the communications, rather than their content or intended recipient, that make them harassing.

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.

After hours interactions between a supervisor and other employees might also constitute workplace sexual harassment and be grounds for dismissal.

The District Court granted summary judgment to the individual defendants, finding that they had absolute immunity for their legislative acts and that the ordinances and resolutions adopted by the council did not constitute an official policy of harassment, as alleged by petitioners.

(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.»)

For example, talking about the sitting liberal government's policies on women and work including the matter of equal pay will not generally incur a discourse that would constitute harassment.

Until there are uniform and clear guidelines from the courts or tribunal for how to discuss politics in the workplace, both employers and employees should be aware of what constitutes formal harassment, and err on the side of respecting one another's differences.

It's not asking the woman to do something that would be illegal for her to do, it's asking her to do something that you don't have the slightest right to ask her, which probably constitutes sexual harassment at least.