What kinds of workplace behavior are prohibited under the law in California? : TAP Sexual Harassment

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Modified on: Thu, 25 Jul, 2019 at 11:35 AM

The following is a partial list of prohibited behavior:

Visual conduct: leering, making sexual gestures, displaying of sexually suggestive objects or pictures, cartoons or posters.
Verbal conduct: making or using derogatory comments, descriptions, slurs and jokes. Verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about an individual’s body, or sexually degrading words used to describe an individual.
Physical conduct: touching, assault, impeding or blocking movements.
Offering employment benefits or threatening termination in exchange for sexual favors.
Making or threatening retaliatory action after receiving a negative response to sexual advances.

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What kinds of workplace behavior are prohibited under the law in California? Print