What constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Venusio v. BGF Construction and others, 2011 BCHRT 231 (CanLII):

I take into account that: ...sexual harassment in the workplace may be broadly defined as unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that detrimentally affects the work environment or leads to adverse job-related consequences for the victims of the harassment... When sexual harassment occurs in the workplace, it is an abuse of both economic and sexual power. Sexual harassment is a demeaning practice, one that constitutes a profound affront to the dignity of the employees forced to endure it. By requiring an employee to contend with unwelcome sexual actions or explicit sexual demands, sexual harassment in the workplace attacks the dignity and self-respect of the victim both as an employee and as a human being: Janzen v. Platy Enterprises Ltd., (1989), 1989 CanLII 97 (SCC), 10 C.H.R.R. D/6205 (S.C.C.) para. 44451.

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