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If you've had unpleasant experiences at work and you feel that they were sexual, your best next step is to contact a Burbank, CA, sexual harassment attorney.

Consider the following common grounds for sexual harassment:

·         Insults, epithets, or jokes that are derogatory;

·         Unwanted physical contact, such as back rubs, pats on the buttocks, pinching, or "accidental" brushing against your breast or other bodily areas;

·         Sexual offers that are unwanted; discussion of sexual conduct;

·         In exchange for sexual favors, an offer of a job or other benefits is made.

·         A warning that if you don't comply with a sexual request, your hours, perks, pay rate, or other working conditions would be harmed;

·         Loss of work, benefits, or other negative consequences as a result of reporting harassment;

·         Sneering or making obnoxious gestures

·         Someone putting sexually suggestive things, photos, cartoons, or posters in front of you or "giving" them to you;

·         Indecent or sexually suggestive messages or invitations; graphic comments, sexually demeaning terms, or sexually suggestive or offensive communications or invitations

·         Someone obstructing or obstructing your movements,

You don't have to tolerate these actions from your boss or anyone in the workplace. All of these actions could be considered sexual harassment in California.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits sexual harassment on a federal level. FEHA  is the primary source of legislation on sexual harassment at the state level. Sexual harassment has been legally deemed discrimination in the workplace under Title VII and the FEHA.

There are two sorts recognized by federal and state laws: "quid pro quo" and "hostile work environment."

Quid Pro Quo

Quid pro quo means "this in exchange for that" or "this in exchange for something." The phrase encapsulates the concept of a conversation.

As a result, quid pro quo harassment happens when someone requires you to submit to sexual advances or other forms of sexual behavior in exchange for your hiring, continued employment, promotion, or benefits.

Quid pro quo harassment can come in the form of an offer or a threat. Sexual harassment of this nature is regarded so heinous that even a single instance can result in legal action.

Working In a Hostile Environment

Sexual harassment in a "hostile work environment" happens when the nature of the violating actions is so pervasive or severe that it modifies your employment circumstances, interferes with your work unreasonably, or produces a hostile work environment.

Even if the behavior is not directed at you, you can be subjected to a "hostile work environment" and suffer as a result.

A single act can be deemed so severe that it can be considered full blow sexual harrassment already. Similarly, even if a single episode was not exceptionally offensive, intimidating, or aggressive, less severe behavior might grow so widespread that it becomes illegal.

The objective and subjective components of the legal test for whether something qualifies as "hostile work environment" sexual harassment are both present. The behavior must be sufficiently insulting, hostile, or abusive that a reasonable person in the victim's shoes would find offensive, aggressive, or abusive.