It is unlawful to harass an employee because of their sex, California Government Code Section j 1. Sexually harassing behavior includes :. Contact Us , or call to consult with one of our Ventura sexual harassment lawyers on whether a matter of workplace harassment is sexual harassment.
Our sexual harassment attorneys have handled hundreds of hostile work environment cases. Our experience in hostile workplace harassment cases allows us to distinguish and understand when supervisor harassment is sexuall harassment opposed to bullying at work, or harassment due to another protected characteristic.
Our California employment lawyers can also advise you whether you can sue for sexual harassment, or you may have other legal rights such as workers compensation due to workplace stress. The new version of California's anti-sexual harassment law reads, "Harassment" because of sex includes sexual harassment, gender harassment, and harassment based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. Sexually harassing conduct need not be motivated by sexual desire. An earlier version of the bill had indicated the harasser's intent in engaging in the sexually inappropriate conduct was not the issue in determining whether conduct was sexual harassment.
While sexual harassment is often motivated by the harasser's interest in gaining sex or a date from the harasser, the Employment Lawyers Group has handled many sexual harassment cases in which the sexual harasser's motivation was not actual sex.
Sexual harassment is often about subjugation, control, and abuse of power. We have handled many sexual harassment lawsuits in which bosses, managers, supervisors, and even business owners engaged in sexually hostile behavior at work simply because they could get away with it.
