Chart of Risk Factors for Harassment

  • a lack of or low levels of diversity (e.g. the workforce is dominated by one gender, age, race, religion, or the like)
  • it is hierarchical and/or has power imbalances
  • that there are worker interactions with clients, customers, or members of the public (either face-to-face or at a distance), which may give rise to third-party sexual harassment and violence
  • there is a workplace culture that supports or tolerates harassment and violence, including lower level (but still harmful) forms of harassment that can escalate to other forms of harassment and violence
  • use of alcohol in a work or work-related context
  • attendance at conferences and social events as part of work duties, including overnight travel
  • workers being isolated, which may include working in:
    • restrictive spaces like cars, vans, or trucks
    • residential premises
    • living in employer-provided accommodation
    • working from remote locations with limited supervision
    • having reduced or restricted access to help and support
  • working from home via online or phone communication
  • poor education on sexual harassment and violence amongst workplace leaders.

Source: https://www.eeoc.gov/chart-risk-factors-harassment-and-responsive-strategies

Finished the course on Harassment and how to Respond. Here is the certificate:

Responding to Sexual Harassment

I might add age discrimination as well.

CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE

SEC. 621. [Section 2]

(a) The Congress hereby finds and declares that-

(1) in the face of rising productivity and affluence, older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs;

(2) the setting of arbitrary age limits regardless of potential for job performance has become a common practice, and certain otherwise desirable practices may work to the disadvantage of older persons;

(3) the incidence of unemployment, especially long-term unemployment with resultant deterioration of skill, morale, and employer acceptability is, relative to the younger ages, high among older workers; their numbers are great and growing; and their employment problems grave;

(4) the existence in industries affecting commerce, of arbitrary discrimination in employment because of age, burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce.

(b) It is therefore the purpose of this chapter to promote employment of older persons based on their ability rather than age; to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment; to help employers and workers find ways of meeting problems arising from the impact of age on employment.

Good luck trying to prove it however!

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