History & the Law Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination. Federal law as well as various state fair-employment laws prohibit employers with 15 or more employees from treating members of one sex or race differently from members of the opposite sex or another race in terms, conditions, or privileges of employment. The statutory and regulatory laws govern the entire employment process from pre-employment activities such as …showed first 75 words of 3570 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3570 total…and foremost, educating employees about what constitutes harassment and its effects is vital, because there is considerable uncertainty and disagreement about what harassment is. Statistics · The number of sexual harassment plaintiff attorneys has roughly triples to 3,000 from 1991 to 1995. · A recent Army report indicated that 76% of female soldiers and 78% of male soldiers experiences crude or offensive behavior. · Sexual harassment touches the lives of 40-60% of workingwomen and similar proportions of female students in colleges and universities.