Resick, Hansen & Fryer
areas of practice
SEXUAL ASSAULT / HARASSMENT

Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.

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Sexual harassment can occur in a variety of circumstances, including but not limited to the following: 

  • The victim as well as the harasser may be a woman or a man.  The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex.
  • The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, an agent of the employer, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or a non employee.
  • The victim does not have to be the person harassed but could be anyone affected by the offensive conduct.
  • Unlawful sexual harassment may occur without economic injury to or discharge of the victim.
  • The harasser's conduct must be unwelcome.

If you have been a victim of sexual harassment we can assist you with  pursuing legal actions to compensate you for lost wages, opportunity cost, and suffering. Sexual assault can be vary from unpermitted touching to rape. In some cases companies or the government can be responsible for sexual assault. Our office has successfully brought large claims against the Departnment of Social and Health Services (DSHS) as well as others

 

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