SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORK

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SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORK
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• There have been a lot of stories in the news
  lately about sexual harassment in the workplace.
  Very rich, very powerful men have been exposed
  (no pun intended) for their behavior Roger
  Ailes, Bill Cosby, and Harvey Weinstein just to
  name a few. But most of us know that sexual
  harassment is not committed by only the Hollywood
  elites or media moguls. Theirs are the stories
  that make headlines, but sexual harassment
  happens in workplaces throughout Knoxville and
  East Tennessee. But what is sexual harassment,
  really? I mean, what does the law say it is?
  The answer may surprise you.

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• First, sexual harassment is discrimination.
• It is a form of gender discrimination, which
  Title VII of the Civil Rights Act makes illegal.
  Though this concept seems simple on its face, it
  becomes more complicated when addressing matters
  of male-on-male sexual harassment or
  female-on-female sexual harassment. One reason
  for this complexity is because the harasser is in
  the same legal class as the victim (i.e. both
  male or both female), which can cause problems
  for employment lawyers who handle sexual
  harassment claims.

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• But even more problematic is that not all sexual
  harassment is illegal!
• Its legality is measured against other factors
  such as whether the harasser is a supervisor or
  coworker, whether the harassment is connected to
  the victims employment (i.e. sexual favors in
  exchange for promotion, for example), the
  severity of the harassment, and its prevalence.
  Imagine a horizontal line. On the far left side
  is a coworkers single, subtle comment that
  someone could interpret as having sexual
  overtones on the far right side is a managers
  explicit threat to terminate the woman unless she
  accepts his sexual advances.

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• The closer the behavior gets to the right side
  of this line, and/or the more prevalent the
  sexually inappropriate behavior is, the more
  likely a court will consider it illegal gender
  discrimination.
• So how is a person to know whether theyve
  experienced sexual harassment or more
  precisely, illegal sexual harassment?
• Call an employment lawyer experienced in handling
  sexual harassment cases. The employment lawyers
  at the Nelson Law Group will help you understand
  the law and will counsel you through it. If you
  or a family member have been a victim of sexual
  harassment, call the employment lawyers at Nelson
  Law Group right away.

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• Nelson Law Group is an employment law firm
  located in Knoxville Tennessee. We are in
  business to represent employees. We also
  represent people facing family issues such as
  divorce and child custody. We tailor a strategy
  for each case based on what is most important to
  you our client. Whether you are looking for
  employment law attorneys knoxville tn or labor
  lawyers knoxville tn call us today at 865
  383-1053.