Legal Basis for Protecting Employees from Harassment

PRESENTATION FOR THE
UPPER MANAGEMENT
Legal basis for protecting employees from
harassment
To protect human dignity.
It is illegal to harass employees under law.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission
 Harassment in the workplace is illegal.
 It is a form of employment discrimination.
 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
protects employees against harassment
(Johnson, & Cates, 2016).

Types of workplace harassment
 Physical harassment- can involve threats on
one’s life.
 Sexual harassment- inappropriate touches or
unwanted sexual advances.
 Personal harassment- it involves bullying of
another employee.
 Discriminatory harassment- it can be racial,
sex or religious
 Psychological harassment- includes belittling
an employee (Lippel, Vézina, Bourbonnais, &
Funes, 2016). .

QUID PRO QUI
 Withholding benefits
 Threatening termination
 Changing evaluation to confirm if an
employee is willing to engage in a sexual
act.