Explanation
Sexual Harassment includes any unwelcome sexual advance, unwelcome request for sexual favours or other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature in circumstances where a reasonable person, having regard to all the circumstances, would anticipate the possibility that the person harassed would be offended, humiliated or intimidated.
A single incident is enough to constitute Sexual Harassment – it does not have to be repeated.
Sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to:
- intentional and unwelcome acts of physical intimacy including touching or kissing
- requests or demands (directly or by implication) for sexual favours
- repeated sexual requests or requests for dates after the person has said no
- persistent comments on how a person looks or is dressed
- persistent comments on a person’s sex life or sexuality
- sexually explicit emails, text messages, social media posts or messages
- degrading sexual jokes and comments
- sexually explicit banter or conversation
- sex-based insults, taunts or name-calling
- staring or leering.
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