Sexual Harassment Outside of the Workplace
Date:
March 1 2003
Sexual harassment in the workplace was defined by the Supreme Court of Canada in Janzen v. Platy Enterprises, as “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that detrimentally affects the work environment or leads to adverse job-related consequences for the victims of the harassment.” Whether sexual harassment warrants summary dismissal or lesser disciplinary action, however, will depend upon the circumstances of the particular case, including where the harassment occurred, and if it was in the context of the workplace.
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