Question

What is the difference between Quid Pro Quo and Hostile Work Environment sexual harassment? What steps would you take if a complaint is filed and what priority would you place on the complaint?

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Answer 1

Quid Pro Quo sexual harassment: It is the sexual favour or advantage in return of providing something like a job, assignment, promotion, performance or pays hike. This type of harassment is limited to employee-employer as the later have rights to provide some employment benefit to the employees. If a supervisor is involved then the employer will be legally liable as the supervisor is acting on behalf of the employer, don't forget supervisor have right for individual performance analysis and recommendation.

Hostile Work Environment sexual harassment: It makes difficult for the individual to work in the current environment due to unreasonably interference in an individual's work, creating sexual remarks, cracking sexual jokes or continuous unwanted interactions. This type of harassment can occur at all level of employees, means it will not be limited to employer-employee but pear to pear as well.

Well as soon as the prevention of sexual harassment committee receives a complain, fist step to call both the parties and take the statements of each party after this consider the pieces of evidence and witnesses, ask both the parties to come to a settlement based on evidences and witnesses or take strict action against the culprit which might include legal suit, so it will set an example to others in the organization. Most importantly train your staff about the sexual harassment at workplace and respect genderism.