© Extti, Incorporated, 2014

Preventing Sexual Harassment

Extti, Incorporated®

By: Michael A. Robbins

Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill

AND

President Clinton

1990----- + 3.4%

1991----- + 241%

1993----- + 379%

1996----- + 517%

Fairly steady since then

Rise In Number of EEOC Cases

12 % of EEOC Charges = Sexual harassment

But in California….

………………21%

Last year

Over 1.5 million sexual harassment lawsuits have been filed in California According to employee-employer.com

Private Suits

Definitions Of Harassment

Examples

What to do

Individual liability

Prevention.

We Will Cover:

A form of Discrimination

What is harassment?

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

ADEA (age)

ADA (disabilities)

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

Equal Pay Act.

Federal Laws

Race

Religion

Color

Sex

Transgender

National origin.

Coverage

Pregnancy

Older Workers

Age (40+)

Physical Disabilities

Mental Disabilities

Genetic Characteristics.

(Coverage Continued)

FEHALabor Code

State Laws

Same as Federal plus

Medical Condition (cancer related)

Marital Status

Sexual Orientation

Sexual identity.

State Coverage

Sexual identityAssociationPerceived Membership

Newer Calif. Laws:

Prohibit all:

Discrimination

And

Harassment

Policies

Prohibit harassment

on all these bases

The Discrimination Laws

A type of Discrimination

So harassment…..

Sexual Harassment

Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson

Bank Teller

Sex-- 40 to 50 times

Voluntariness

Provocative clothing issue.

Harassment Defined

Unwelcomed sexual advances

Requests for sexual favors or

Other verbal or physical conduct.

Submission is made a term or condition of employment

Submission or rejection is used as basis for employment decisions

Conduct creates a hostile or offensive environment.

Definition--Continued--

2 Kinds

Quid pro quo

Hostile environment

Conditioning job benefits

On sexual favors

Quid Pro Quo

Examples:……………………………………Remarks, questions or other verbal conductSexual touchingDrawings, photographs, cartoons, emails, texts.

Hostile Environment

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longer presentation

By: Michael A. Robbins

Extti, Incorporated®

© Extti, Incorporated, 2014

Preventing Sexual Harassment