Sexual Harassment Report
INTRODUCTION
In 1964, Congress passed Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. This act prohibited discrimination at work on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin and sex. Congress then created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EECO). Since 1964 there have been many changes in the sexual Harassment laws. In 1980 the U.S. government reported that they distributed over $189 million for sexual harassment lawsuits adjudicated during the previous two years. By 1987, the total had reached $267 million for the previous two years. By 1994, the government bill had climbed to $327 million for the previous two years. When looking at the corporate or private sector side, in 1988, the cost for sexual discrimination lawsuits topped $15 million for a typical Fortune 500 service or company. The National Association of Working Women told the Washington Post in 2002 that sexual harassment continues to be the biggest single source of complaints from working women. Today, the cumulative costs can come close to $1 billion for the biggest organizations (Valeasquez).
EEOC Workplace Harassment Claims: 2006 Statistics
Total Claims filed 23,034
Resolutions 22,408
Total Settlement Dollars $59,800,000
WHAT IS SEXUAL HARRASMENT?
Sexual harassment at work occurs whenever unwelcome conduct on the basis of gender affects a person's job. It is defined by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature (preventing). There are two types of sexual harassment, Quid Pro Quo Harassment and Hostile Work Environment Harassment. Quid Pro Quo is when an employee is required to tolerate sexual harassment in order to obtain or...
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