NOTE ON THE LAW OF SEXUAL HARRASMENT

This background is important for managers who wish to avoid liability and to establish a
work environment that is free from harassment

Question : now in America, many guys who use make up and stiletto. Sometimes their friends
who anti gay, refuse to have a communication or interaction with them . can we categoriez
this as a sexual harassment? What HR should do to make this fair to the employee?

- The definition of sexual harassment

 Quid pro quo harassment
 Hostile work environment harassment

Liability for harassment

- Harassment by supervisors
- Harassment by co workers and non employess
- Corrective action

Pursuing harassment claims

- Internal procedures
- Federal systems
- State systems
- Arbitration

Emerging issues and continuing controversies

- Email harassment
- Free speech
- Title VII’s extraterritorial reach

Law and policies around the world

- The European union
- France, spain , Sweden and Belgium
- The brussels based European women’s lobby
- Russia
- Malaysia
- Japan
- China
- Australia
- Brazil and latin America
- Argentina
Acts of misconduct may include, but are not limited to:
• Unlawful activity while performing work for Hitachi Vantara, or any unlawful activity that
impacts the workplace;
• Theft, damage, or unauthorized possession or use of Hitachi Vantara property and or
systems;
• Unauthorized access to electronic or hard copy files; • Falsification of records or
information;
• Use, possession, sale, dissemination or other involvement in illegal drugs or controlled
substance
• Unauthorized use or possession of alcohol; • Being under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or
controlled substance;
• Acts of physical violence or acts involving threats, intimidation, bullying, or coercion; •
Ethics policy violations;
• Discriminatory statements or actions, harassing behavior to include sexual harassment or
harassment of any kind;
• Bullying behavior of any kind including but limited to humiliation, intimidation, work
interference, and verbal abuse.
• Violations of safety, or safety policies and procedures, that presents risk of injury or harm;
• Intentional damage or misuse of customer or partner equipment and resources;
• Creating, viewing, distributing, or the storing of sexually explicit content over the Hitachi
Vantara network or on Hitachi Vantara owned devices;
• Retaliation against any individual for reporting concerns, in good faith, of potential
violations of policies or illegal activity; and
• Insubordinatio