Ask Yourself…….Have you every been in a situation where you have felt uncomfortable in the workplace due to sexual advances?

If So….Pay close attention to this presentation.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:

Sexual HarassmentBy,

Deja Charles, Emily Sutherland, Erendida Serratos, and Tabinda Ahmed

What is the EEOC and what is it all about? The EEOC stands for Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission They support job candidates and employees

against employers discriminating against them due to:• age, race, disability, or sex according to

federal law. • employers can’t discriminate against an

employee filing, participating, or complaining about a discrimination that happened in the workplace.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Unwelcome sexual advances

Requests for sexual favors

Other verbal or physical harassment

EEOC involvement in sexual harassment case only if the company has 15 or more employees

Quid Pro Quo: sexual favors are requested with a reward of advances in the workplace

Sexual Harassment

In Relation to Lake Tahoe

we come to……………………….

Opened on December 20, 1990 Houses 405 luxury rooms and suits Located on 195 hillside acres beneath

Mammoth peaks of Squaw Creek Features:

Restaurants Outdoor hot tubs Health and fitness center Exclusive on-property chair lift Golf course

Destination Tahoe Hotel: Resort at Squaw Creek

A male co-worker harassed a female food server by wanting to see her outside of the work place and touching her inappropriately

Resort at Squaw Creek ignored the female worker’s complaints and demoted her to a part-time bartender position

Resort at Squaw Creek will pay $30,000 to the female employee, strengthen it’s sexual harassment policies, mandate annual training to its supervisors/managers, and have agreed to report any job discrimination complaints to the EEOC

How Sexual Harassment is Applied to Resort at Squaw Creek

Anyone can be sexually harassed• Male or female• Student or teacher• Employee or boss

Avoid being accused• Know what qualifies as sexual harassment• Keep to yourself in the workplace

Relevance to Today’s Office Professionals

1) Review your employee handbook2) Determine who to report to3) Request a face-to-face meeting4) Follow up in writing5) Tell your employer exactly what happened

and exactly what you want6) Follow up on progress7) Report to EEOC if no progress has been

made

How to Report Sexual Harassment

Tips for Avoiding Sexual Harassment

Be professional Be assertive Dress appropriately Act appropriately Avoid staying late Do not encourage vulgarity Form a club against sexual

harassment

Sexual harassment is not an issue to be ignored.

Everyone should be encouraged to learn prevention starting as soon as RIGHT NOW!

In Conclusion…

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