Anti-Harassment Training What Employees Need to Know AAIM - Business and Legal Resources

Anti-Harassment Training – Employees Session Objectives We will be able to  Recognize what constitutes harassment  Understand and follow workplace policy  Report incidents and cooperate in investigations  Help promote and maintain a comfortable, productive work environment

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees How Widespread is Harassment? About 70% of women and 20% of men have experienced some form of harassment About 15,000 sexual harassment cases are filed each year Complaints filed by men have more than tripled in recent years

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Why You Need to Know You have the right to be treated fairly in the workplace Harassment harms everyone Harassment undermines trust and respect in the workplace Men and women on every level may be harassers or victims

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Harassment and the Law Title VII The Courts State Law Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Harassment and the Law, Cont’d. EEOC defines sexual harassment as sexual conduct that is:  Unwelcome  Harmful  Illegal

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Harassment and Social Media Inappropriate electronic material Suggestive messages Examples  Sexual comment about employee’s photo on a social networking site  Repeated text messages asking for a date  Offensive photos or videos sent via or cell phone  Sexual innuendo in a tweet, text, or

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Is This Harassment? A female worker wears miniskirts to work. Is this inviting harassment? A female supervisor makes frequent comments about a male employee’s physique. Is this harassment? A male supervisor makes frequent comments about a male employee’s physique. Is this harassment? NO YES

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Is This Harassment, Cont’d? Two co-workers forward each other off-color jokes they receive in s. Is this harassment? An employee asks a co-worker out. Is this harassment? Two co-workers develop a personal relationship. Is this harassment? NO

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Is This Harassment, Cont’d? An employee posts a swimsuit calendar in his work area. Is this harassment? An employee posts a male pinup her work area. Is this harassment? A good customer makes provocative comments to employees. Is this harassment? YES

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Sexual Harassment Do you  Understand why it’s important to know about harassment?  Think you can recognize examples of sexual harassment?

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Tangible Employment Action Tangible employment action (quid pro quo) Automatic liability if tangible employment action occurred

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Hostile Work Environment Severe or pervasive conduct (or both) Intimidating, hostile or offensive displays Examples include:  Sexually explicit pictures, calendars, graffiti or objects  Regularly: Using dirty words Making sexual jokes Using obscene gestures Making rude comments of sexual nature

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Who’s Affected? Those who commit act of harassment, including:  Employee at any level  Clients or customers  Members of the same sex Those who experience, including:  Direct targets  Bystanders and witnesses

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Tangible Employment Action Or Hostile Work Environment? An employee is asked to talk about her raise with her supervisor after business hours at a romantic restaurant. THIS IS A TANGABLE EMPLOYMENT ACTION An employee brings a sexually explicit gag gift into work for a co-worker’s birthday present. THIS IS A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Tangible Employment Action Or Hostile Work Environment? A supervisor regularly uses obscene language when talking to his employees. THIS IS A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT An employee who appears to be “very close” to the boss always gets the easiest job assignments. THIS IS A TANGABLE EMPLOYMENT ACTION

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Harassment Do you understand the two main forms of harassment: tangible employment action and hostile work environment? Do you understand who may be affected by harassment in the workplace?

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Prevention: What We Can Do to Help Clearly state our position against harassment Promote compliance and prevention Protect employee rights and foster respect

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Prevention: What You Can Do to Help Know and comply with the policy Report incidents of harassment immediately Support victims Cooperate with investigations

Anti-Harassment Training - Supervisors KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER Sexual harassment is prohibited by law It involves more than physical conduct; it can also be verbal or visual Sexual harassment harms us all You have a responsibility to help prevent it

Anti-Harassment Training - Employees Questions? See a member of the Sealco Management Team