Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

ISBN: 9780814477878

出版年: 1992-5

定价: 33.00

内容简介

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During the last decade??? sexual harassment has become a sub-
ject of increasing concern for large and small employers alike???
as well as for all levels of employees??? the media??? and the public.
During the fall 1991 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on
the sexual harassment allegations Professor Anita Hill lodged
against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas??? Americans
sat before their television screens transfixed??? but not a little
confused.
Over the course of the hearings??? we slowly learned what
employers have known for some time: that sexual harassment
situations are fraught with pitfalls??? that the truth can be elusive
as claims and counterclaims compete for credibility. Employers
have long faced the need to elicit details??? attempt to verify them
through corroborating witnesses and workplace documenta-
tion??? assess the facts and credibility of those involved??? and
make decisions on how best to resolve the situation.
In the course of handling sexual harassment situations???
employers have come to understand that this very sensitive
area can be difficult to deal with??? disruptive to the workplace???
and disagreeable to all concerned. And the stakes are high and
getting higher. In an increasingly litigious society and in an era
of ever-increasing employee rights and employer responsibili-
ties??? sexual harassment allegations are particularly hazardous.
Everyone involved has rights??? and frequently these rights con-
flict.
Employers face the possibility both of administrative action
through f~overnment oversight agencies and of civil suits where