Sexual harassment is against the law. Bay Area residents should know that they are entitled to a workplace free of harassment. According to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), sexual because of sex includes: sexual harassment, gender harassment, harassment based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

Sexual harassment is defined as unwanted sexual advances, or any visual/verbal/physical conduct that is of a sexual nature. This definition includes many types of offensive activity and includes harassment of a person of the same sex as the harasser. The follow is a list of some examples of sexual harassment:

• Undesired sexual advances
• Offering employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors
• Threatening retaliation after a rejection of sexual advances
• Visual conduct such as leering, sexual gestures, displaying suggestive objects/pictures/cartoons/posters
• Verbal conduct including making or using derogatory comments, epithets, slurs, jokes
• Verbal sexual advances or propositions
• Verbal abuse of a sexual nature, comments about an individuals’ body
• Physical conduct including touching, assault, blocking movements

If you believe that you have been sexually harassed in the workplace, contact the lawyers at Law Offices of David H. Greenberg, at (1-888-204-1014) for a free consultation or visit us at www.discriminationattorney.com. We can help you fight harassment.