Question

At Laine's company, several employees tell sexually oriented jokes and hang suggestive posters in the break room. She and some other employees have complained to the supervisor that these actions are crude and offensive. The situation could be _____ sexual harrassment.

Answer 1

The given situation is an example of hostile environment sexual harassment.

Step-by-step explanation:

Under the United States Labor law, sexual harassment in the workplace is considered as a bias on the basis of gender.

The two types of sexual harassment in the workplace identified are: hostile work environment and quid pro quo sexual harassment.

The hostile work environment sexual harassment, involves the use of unreasonable, continuous and offensive sexual behavior by an employee which negatively impacts the working ability of the other employee.