How To Identify, Prevent, And Respond To Discriminatory Harassment In The Workplace
Discriminatory harassment in the workplace is a form of discrimination that occurs when an individual or group of individuals is subjected to unwanted, offensive, or hostile behaviour based on their protected characteristics, such as their race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation. This type of behaviour can have severe consequences for the individuals targeted and can create a toxic work environment for everyone. In this blog post, we will discuss what constitutes discriminatory harassment, the forms it can take, the impact it can have, and steps that can be taken to prevent and address it. What is Discriminatory Harassment? Discriminatory harassment is any behaviour that is discriminatory and creates a hostile or intimidating work environment for an individual or group of individuals based on a protected characteristic (sometimes known as attribute). Protected characteristics are those characteristics that are protected under federal and state...