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State of the Union
A Message From International President James C. Little

American companies that produce everything from televisions to cordless drills have been abandoning our shores for decades.
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Special Report: A Sexual Harassment Quiz

TRUE OR FALSE:

  • Men in male dominated workplaces usually have to change their behavior when a woman begins working there.
  • An employer is not liable for the sexual harassment of one of its employees unless that employee lost specific job benefits or was fired.
  • A court can require a sexual harasser to pay part of the judgment to the employee if he or she is sexually harassed.
  • A supervisor can be liable for sexual harassment done by one of his or her employees to another.
  • An employer can be liable for the sexually harassing behavior of management personnel even if it is unaware of that behavior and has a policy forbidding it.
  • It is appropriate for a supervisor, when initially receiving a sexual harassment complaint, to determine if the alleged recipient overreacted or misunderstood the alleged behavior.
  • When a supervisor is talking with an employee about an allegation of sexual harassment against him or her, it is best to ease into the allegation instead of being direct.
  • Sexually suggestive visuals or objects in a workplace don’t create a liability unless an employee complains about them and management allows them to remain.
  • The lack of sexual harassment complaints is a good indication that sexual harassment is not occurring.
  • It is appropriate for a supervisor to tell an employee to handle unwelcome sexual behavior if he or she thinks that the employee is misunderstanding the behavior.
  • The intent behind employee A’s sexual behavior is more important than the impact of that behavior on employee B when determining if sexual harassment occurred.

     


 

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