Sexual Harrasment
Attorney
Sexual harassment is a form of gender discrimination. California Attorney
R. Craig Clark and Associates’ represents victims who have experienced
sexual harassment in the workplace. There are two theories under which an
employee may recover for sexual harassment. The first, “quid pro quo”
harassment, occurs when any employee offers any job benefit, or threatens
any job detriment, in exchange for sexual favors. In lay terms, this means
that any time an employee promises, either expressly or impliedly, that
career advancements may be linked to dating or sex, the law has been violated.
However, unless the harasser is a supervisory employee, the Company would
not be liable unless it knew of the harassment, or should have known of
it. As a practical matter, you may show that the Company knew or should
have known of the harassment by demonstrating that it was so pervasive,
i.e., frequent, that the company had to know. Certainly, if you or any other
employee had previously complained to any supervisor, the Company would
most likely be held liable. Nonetheless, if you as an employee feel that
you have been seriously wronged, it is in your best interest to contact
Attorney R. Craig Clark and Associates’ as soon as possible. Our sexual
harassment lawyers will determine the severity of your situation, and determine
how much in damages you are entitled to recover.
The second type of sexual harassment is established when the workplace is
permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule and insult that is
sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of employment and
create a sexually hostile or abusive environment. Both men and women can
fall victim to sexual harassment. The harasser need not be of a different
gender than the victim and the victim need not prove that the harasser was
motivated by sexual attraction. This type of harassment most commonly manifests
itself in numerous sexual or sexist comments, negative stereotypes about
the victim’s gender, sexual jokes, propositions, lewd remarks, or
results directed at one sex but not the other. It should also be noted that
all of these rights are not exclusive to heterosexual individuals, but extend
to homosexuals as well. Regardless or sexual orientation, people have a
right to be part of a workplace free of sexual preference, ridicule, and
other forms of harassment. If the comments are severe or frequent enough
that the victim’s belief that his/her work environment is hostile
or abusive is both objectively and subjectively reasonable, the law is violated.
Attorney R. Craig Clark and Associates’ are experts in the field
of sexual harassment. If you or a loved one has been the victim of sexual
harassment Attorney R. Craig Clark and Associates’ are Californian
attorneys who are dedicated to obtaining the highest possible reward for
their clients. They will fight aggressively for your rights.
Contact us to see how we can help you
