Gas station
Is this a sexual harassment case if one of my co-workers came up to me and hugged me and kissed me on my neck after I had told him before not to hug me. Not only that he would get close to me and start giving me a massage after i told him to stop. I told my employer and he said that maybe he was just trying to be nice and friendly. But this co-worker has made me feel very uncomfortable with his perverted questions and his actions towards me too.
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Sex harassment includes (inter alia) unwelcome attention of a sexual or amorous nature. The harassment has to rise to the level of creating a "hostile working environment." In order to do this, the harassment must be sufficiently severe or pervasive. If your coworker's inappropriate actions, along with your employer's failure to protect you, is making you feel generally uncomfortable at work, you could certainly make a claim for illegal sex harassment. To bring suit, you must file with either the California DFEH, or the federal EEOC. If you file with the DFEH, you must file the charge with the DFEH within 1 year of the harassment. If you file with the EEOC, you must do so within 300 days.
Many would say that filing with the EEOC has a number of advantages in sex harassment claims. Call 800 information for the EEOC. Or contact an attorney. (Keep in mind, though, that if you have an atty represent you during the EEOC/DFEH process, they keep 30-40% without doing much... it may be to your advantage to file with the agency, let that run its course, and if it settles in that forum, great, and you keep all the $. If it does not settle in that forum, and you are sent away with the right to sue, then bring that to an atty. to bring the case to court.)
Re: Gas station
Sex harassment includes (inter alia) unwelcome attention of a sexual or amorous nature. The harassment has to rise to the level of creating a "hostile working environment." In order to do this, the harassment must be sufficiently severe or pervasive. If your coworker's inappropriate actions, along with your employer's failure to protect you, is making you feel generally uncomfortable at work, you could certainly make a claim for illegal sex harassment. To bring suit, you must file with either the California DFEH, or the federal EEOC. If you file with the DFEH, you must file the charge with the DFEH within 1 year of the harassment. If you file with the EEOC, you must do so within 300 days.
Many would say that filing with the EEOC has a number of advantages in sex harassment claims. Call 800 information for the EEOC. Or contact an attorney. (Keep in mind, though, that if you have an atty represent you during the EEOC/DFEH process, they keep 30-40% without doing much... it may be to your advantage to file with the agency, let that run its course, and if it settles in that forum, great, and you keep all the $. If it does not settle in that forum, and you are sent away with the right to sue, then bring that to an atty. to bring the case to court.)
Re: Gas station
Sex harassment includes (inter alia) unwelcome attention of a sexual or amorous nature. The harassment has to rise to the level of creating a "hostile working environment." In order to do this, the harassment must be sufficiently severe or pervasive. If your coworker's inappropriate actions, along with your employer's failure to protect you, is making you feel generally uncomfortable at work, you could certainly make a claim for illegal sex harassment. To bring suit, you must file with either the California DFEH, or the federal EEOC. If you file with the DFEH, you must file the charge with the DFEH within 1 year of the harassment. If you file with the EEOC, you must do so within 300 days.
Many would say that filing with the EEOC has a number of advantages in sex harassment claims. Call 800 information for the EEOC. Or contact an attorney. (Keep in mind, though, that if you have an atty represent you during the EEOC/DFEH process, they keep 30-40% without doing much... it may be to your advantage to file with the agency, let that run its course, and if it settles in that forum, great, and you keep all the $. If it does not settle in that forum, and you are sent away with the right to sue, then bring that to an atty. to bring the case to court.)
