Question

About two or three times a week, Brooke's boss Cindy tells her that she has great legs and should start wearing shorter skirts to work. Brooke is disturbed by this attention but needs the job and says nothing. She continues to wear knee length or longer skirts. On Brooke's job evaluation Cindy has rated Brooke as an excellent employee without mention of her clothing. Brooke may file a claim for sexual harassment based on:________

Answer 1

Answer: Hostile work environment harassment.

Explanation: A hostile work environment harassment happens when an individual's character, behaviour or speech make others uncomfortable at work place or creates fear in others. Such character or speech could be gender or race based, religious, sexually oriented etc. Creating a hostile work environment could negatively affect the rate of productivity and efficiency an employee displays at work. This act could also affect the self esteem of an employee. Harassment at work could take the form of witch- hunting others, making offensive and provoking jokes, calling victim names, display of offensive photographs, etc.

Cases related to hostile work environment can be handled legally through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).Complains about this act must be laid within 180days when the incidence happened.