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How your onsite team, in addition to vendors, contractors and suppliers can avoid sexual harassment accusations. By
JACKIE RAMSTEDT, CAM, CAPS, CAS, Ramstedt Enterprises
Sexual Harassment: In YOUR Workplace, In THEIR Homes
Nearly half (48%) of employed American women have reportedly experienced either sexual, verbal or physical harassment at work, according to a poll in the Wall Street Journal article from 2017. Overall, most men and women in America, 62% of men and 71% of women, believe sexual harassment in the workplace is widespread.
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he #MeToo and Time’s Up movements have brought necessary attention to sexual harassment and sexual assault in workplaces around the nation. While the #MeToo movement challenges sexual harassment in the workplace, it can be easy to forget that sexual harassment hurts people in other places, including their homes. Many people have been subjected to sexual harassment by apartment building managers, property owners and maintenance workers In 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) estimated that between 25 and 85% of women have experienced sexual harassment at work. Nearly half (48%) of employed American women have reportedly experienced either sexual, verbal or physical harassment at work, according to a poll in the Wall Street Journal article from 2017. Overall, most men and women in America, 62% of men and 71% of women, believe sexual harassment in the workplace is widespread. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or
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