When most people think of workplace harassment, they automatically think of sexual harassment. While sexual harassment is one very serious type of workplace harassment, the term covers a variety of negative actions committed against one employee by another, or by the manager or owner of the company. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines workplace harassment as “unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.” To be illegal, harassment must be either repetitive or severe. Both employees who engage in harassment and the organization in which the harassment occurred can be punished for this offense.
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