Definition of Harassment. Harassment in the workplace is defined as unwelcome conduct related to a prohibited ground of discrimination that detrimentally affects the work environment of leads to adverse job-related consequences for those experiencing harassment.
Definition of Harassment. Harassment is abusive, unfair, offensive, or demeaning treatment of a person or group of persons which has the effect, upon a reasonable person, of interfering with an individual's work, or which creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
(a) Sexual harassment is a type of harassment which emphasizes the sex or sexual orientation of an individual, and includes but is not limited to unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours and other verbal, written or physical conduct of a sexual nature, whether or not they are accompanied by explicit promises or threats, made by a person who knows or ought reasonably to know that such attention is unwanted, when:
(i) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of work; or
(ii) submission to, or rejection of, such conduct is used in making personnel decisions affecting that individual; or
(iii) such conduct has the effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. Personal harassment is a type of harassment characterized by repeated, intentional, offensive comments and/or action deliberately designed to demean and belittle the individual and/or cause personal humiliation.
Definition of Harassment. Harassment means any objectionable conduct, comment, or display by a person that is directed at a worker, constitutes a threat to the health or safety of the worker, and:
1) Is made on the basis of race, creed, religion, colour, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, physical size or weight, age, nationality, ancestry, or place of origin, Union activity; or
2) Is a repeated intentional, sexually oriented practice that undermines an employee's health, job performance, or workplace relationships, or endangers an employee's employment status or potential; or
3) Is an unsolicited, unwelcome, disrespectful or offensive behaviour directed at another person. These actions may be identified as repeated intentional, offensive comments and/or actions deliberately designed to demean and belittle an individual and/or to cause personal humiliation. This is intended to include personal harassment and/or bullying.
Definition of Harassment.
(a) For the purposes of this agreement, “harassment” means any conduct, comment or gesture related to any of the grounds stipulated in clause 14.01, which is:
(i) unwanted or may reasonably be considered as unwanted, and
(ii) offensive, humiliating, abusive, threatening, repetitive or which has adverse effects on an individual’s employment.
(b) Notwithstanding the forgoing, harassment is not necessarily limited to the thirteen (13) grounds stipulated in clause 14.01. For example, persistently bullying or berating someone, or using demeaning or patronizing language that may undermine respect in the workplace is considered harassment under this Article.
(c) Sexual harassment is considered harassment under this Article.
Definition of Harassment. Harassment can be defined as any unwelcome or unwanted action by any person against another, in particular by management or a co- worker. It can be verbal or physical action on a single or repeated basis, which humiliates, insults, degrades or threatens. "Unwelcome" or "unwanted" in this context means any actions, which the harasser knows or ought reasonably to know, are not desired by the victim of harassment. Harassment is an expression of perceived power and superiority by the harasser(s) over another person, usually for reasons over which the victim has little or no control.
Definition of Harassment.
(a) Harassment means verbal or physical behaviour which one would reasonably find to be unwanted or unwelcome by any individual or persons in general, to whom such behaviour is presented, giving consideration to all surrounding circumstances. Such behaviour could include but is not limited to: • behaviour that is discriminatory in nature; • threats or intimidations; • words, gestures, actions or practical jokes, the natural consequence of which is to humiliate, alarm or abuse another person; • distribution or display of offensive pictures or materials; • touching, patting or other physical contact; • leering, staring or the making of sexual gestures; • demands for sexual favours; • unwanted sexual invitations.
(b) To constitute harassment, behaviour may be repeated or persistent or may be a single serious incident.
(c) Both males and females can be harassed by members of either sex.
(d) Harassment does not include actions occasioned through exercising in good faith, the Employer's managerial/supervisory rights and responsibilities.
Definition of Harassment. For the purposes of this Agreement, “harassment” means any conduct, comment or gesture of racial or sexual nature of connotation, which is:
Definition of Harassment. Harassment means any objectionable conduct, comments or display by a person that is directed at a worker; and is made on the basis of race, creed, religion, colour, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, physical size or weight, age, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, union activity or; is repeated, intentional, sexually oriented practice that undermines an Employee's health, job performance or workplace relationships or endangers an Employee's employment status or potential; or is repeated, intentional, offensive comments and/or actions deliberately designed to demean and belittle an individual and/or to cause personal humiliation; or constitutes a threat to the health or safety of the worker.
Definition of Harassment. Both Federal and State law recognize two kinds of sexual harassment, the second of which encompasses other types of harassment as well. They are:
Definition of Harassment. Harassment is any action directed toward at an employee that:
