{"id":3273,"date":"2018-01-29T21:29:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T02:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/?p=3273"},"modified":"2021-04-09T17:15:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T17:15:06","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-sexual-harassment-non-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/what-is-the-difference-between-sexual-harassment-non-sexual-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between \u2018Sexual Harassment\u2019 &#038; \u2018Non-Sexual Harassment?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before explaining what \u2018sexual harassment\u2019 is, it is important to understand the big picture and what are the other forms of \u2018non-sexual harassment.\u2019 There are many federal protections under Title VII and other federal statutes that protect individuals from both \u2018sexual harassment\u2019 and \u2018non-sexual harassment.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Non-Sexual Harassment\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Employees and job applicants are protected under federal law by Title VII of the Civil Rights Law of 1964, which prohibits employers who hire at least 15 employees from discriminating against individuals on account of their:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Race<\/li>\n<li>Color<\/li>\n<li>National Origin<\/li>\n<li>Age<\/li>\n<li>Religion<\/li>\n<li>Sex\/Gender<\/li>\n<li>Sexual Orientation<\/li>\n<li>Pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>Citizenship<\/li>\n<li>Familial Status<\/li>\n<li>Disability<\/li>\n<li>Veteran Status<\/li>\n<li>Genetic Information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a person is subject to comments or conducts for reasons related to one of these classes, such harassment may create an unlawful \u201chostile work environment\u201d when it is so &#8220;frequent or severe\u201d or when it results in an \u201cadverse employment decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Acoso sexual<\/h3>\n<p>Sexual harassment is considered a form of gender discrimination as it is harassing conduct that occurs because of an individual\u2019s sex\/gender. The Equal Employment Commission (\u201cEEOC\u201d) defines sexual harassment as \u201cunwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSexual harassment\u201d is conduct that includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that explicitly or implicitly affects an individual&#8217;s employment, performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.<\/p>\n<p>If you feel like you have been a victim of \u2018Sexual Harassment\u2019 or \u2018Non-Sexual Harassment,\u2019 call the experienced attorneys at the Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC. Our New York and Philadelphia sexual harassment attorneys work diligently to protect the civil rights of our clients in both the workplace and in the classroom. Whether you are in New York City or Philadelphia, our attorneys have settled cases with large corporations and major universities, and they may be able to help you too. Please give us a call at (800) 807-2209 for a free consultation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before explaining what \u2018sexual harassment\u2019 is, it is important to understand the big picture and what are the other forms of \u2018non-sexual harassment.\u2019 There are many federal protections under Title VII and other federal statutes that protect individuals from both \u2018sexual harassment\u2019 and \u2018non-sexual harassment.\u2019 \u2018Non-Sexual Harassment\u2019 Employees and job applicants are protected under federal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/what-is-the-difference-between-sexual-harassment-non-sexual-harassment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is the difference between \u2018Sexual Harassment\u2019 &#038; \u2018Non-Sexual Harassment?\u2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"What is the difference between \u2018Sexual Harassment\u2019 & \u2018Non-Sexual Harassment?\u2019","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1721,800,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discrimination-law","category-gender-discrimination","category-sexual-harassment"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}