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Call 800-672-3103 for a Free confidential consultation. Our sexual harassment attorneys in Nebraska represent plaintiffs who have been part of a hostile work environment or have suffered abuse and discrimination in the workplace.
A work environment functions best when the people who are in it are supportive and foster the well-being not just of the office itself, but of all the different individuals who work there. If you are working in Nebraska and your office is anything but comfortable due to discrimination or sexual harassment, you do have many resources to make the offensive misconduct stop so you can focus again on your work performance. There are laws at both the state and federal levels that prohibit anyone from discriminating due to someone’s sex.
According to the Nebraska Fair Employment Practices Act, employers in Nebraska are strictly prohibited from discriminating or harassing an employee due to their gender. Also protected are pregnancy and any medical conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth. The Nebraska Fair Employment Practices Act covers all companies that employ more than 15 workers. At the federal level, sexual harassment is prohibited due to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
There are also provisions within the guidelines that forbid any employer to retaliate against an employee who makes a claim for sexual harassment, testifies to it, assists in the charge of a claim, or helps to investigate any charge of harassment.
Misconduct of any sexual nature is prohibited in the workplace. Examples of sexually harassing behaviors can include sexual innuendos, nonconsensual touching, derogatory remarks or degrading comments, explicit sexual materials, and gender-based jokes.
Sexual harassment doesn’t involve just one action. It must be shown to be pervasive, systematic, and repetitious. Joking with someone once does not constitute sexual harassment; repetitive remarks that are meant to threaten and intimidate do. Someone is the victim of sexual harassment if they are repeatedly offended to the extent that their work performance and comfort level in the workplace are compromised by the behaviors.
Another form of sexual harassment can be a one-time action in which a boss or supervisor makes a sexual request and makes it known either implicitly or explicitly that failure to comply can negatively affect the employee’s work status. In the same way, if the boss or supervisor requests a sexual act or favor to further your status or advancement at work, that is also considered sexual harassment and is illegal in Nebraska.
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