Sentences with phrase «contact of a sexual nature»

In Kentucky, nursing home abuse can also occur in the form of sexual abuse, which is contact of sexual nature with a resident without consent.

In fact, the explicit absence of any time - bar in which to sue has been expanded in Ontario beyond «sexual assault» (i.e., where there has been actual physical contact of a sexual nature) to «any other misconduct of a sexual nature» if it involved a minor or occurred in a relationship of inequality or dependency.

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.»

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.

Sexual harassment is defined as: «deliberate or refuted comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature that are unwelcome by the recipient»;

Those elements include unwelcome or unwanted contact of a sexual nature, can encompass either verbal or physical behaviors, and creation of a hostile or offensive environment.

Not exact matches

The research also shows that in more than half of cases there has been communication of a sexual nature between the offender and the victim and that quite often the first meeting between them takes place within one week of the first online contact.

The contact made between the alleged victim and the accused must be sexual in nature and must have violated the sexual integrity of the victim.

The main differences between sexual assault and sexual interference are the age of the complainant and the nature of the sexual contact.