Sexual harassment definition

Sexual harassment means conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following:
Sexual harassment means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and/or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work or academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working or academic environment in any University activity or program. Such behavior is not acceptable in the University setting. For additional information, please consult Board of Regents Policy: http://regents.umn.edu/sites/default/files/policies/SexHarassment.pdf
Sexual harassment means conduct that is:

Examples of Sexual harassment in a sentence

  • Sexual harassment is one form of discrimination and is defined as any unwelcome comment or conduct of a sexual nature that may detrimentally affect the work environment or lead to adverse job-related consequences for the victim of the harassment.

  • Sexual harassment does not include actions occasioned through exercising in good faith the Employer's managerial/supervisory rights and responsibilities.


More Definitions of Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment means behaviour that is unwelcome, unsolicited, unreciprocated of a sexual nature. It is behaviour that is likely to offend, humiliate or intimidate.
Sexual harassment means sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:
Sexual harassment means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, made by someone from or in the work or educational setting, under any of the following conditions:
Sexual harassment means any conduct, comment, gesture or contact of a sexual nature
Sexual harassment means any of three types of misconduct on the basis of sex that occurs in a school district education program or activity and is committed against a person in the United States:
Sexual harassment means any unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or conduct of a sexual nature when (i) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment; or (ii) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for any employment decision affecting the individual; or (iii) such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
Sexual harassment means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, sexually motivated physical conduct or other verbal or physical conduct or communication of a sexual nature.