• Sexual harassment is unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature from any gender.

Sexual harassment is generally defined as unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct:

• Affects an individual’s employment,
• Unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance, or
• Creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.

Sexual harassment is not limiting — it covers a wide variety of circumstances. The victim as well as the harasser may be any gender.

The harasser may be:

• An employee’s supervisor,
• An employee’s direct report,
• A supervisor in another area,
• A coworker, or
• Or a non-employee such as a customer, vendor, or independent contractor.

Unlawful sexual harassment may occur without economic injury to or discharge of the victim.