ENGC44H3 Lecture Notes - Ontario Human Rights Code, Workplace Harassment, Hot Tub
Document Summary
Sexual harassment is a type of discrimination based on sex. When someone is sexually harassed in the workplace, it can undermine their sense of personal dignity. It can prevent them from earning a living, doing their job effectively, or reaching their full potential. Sexual harassment can also poison the environment for everyone else. If left unchecked, sexual harassment in the workplace has the potential to escalate to violent behaviour. Employers that do not take steps to prevent sexual harassment can face major costs in decreased productivity, low morale, increased absenteeism and health care costs, and potential legal expenses. Under the ontario human rights code, sexual harassment is. Engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought to be known to be unwelcome. in some cases, one incident could be serious enough to be sexual harassment.
