"Protected Activity" is when an employee does one of the following:
- Files a formal written complaint of sexual harassment, either internally with management or an HR department, or externally with an anti-discrimination agency
- Testifies in court or assist in an investigation involving sexual harassment
- Opposes sexual harassment by making a verbal or informal complaint to management, or by simply informing a supervisor or manager that harassment occurred
- Complains that another employee has been sexually harassed
- Encouraged a fellow employee to report harassment
Employees who have engaged in protected activities are legally protected from retaliation.