Illinois Sexual Harassment
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The Illinois Equal Rights Commission works in cooperation with the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, and U.S. Department of Justice in the administration and
referral of complaints regarding discrimination in employment, housing, and
public accommodations.
Sexual harassment, after endured for a lengthened period of time, can negatively effect the victimized individual. Some common side effects of sexual harassment include:
- Decreased work performance
- Increased absenteeism
- Loss of trust in different environments
- Loss of trust in people
- Relocating to another city or state
- Loss of references or recommendations
It is important that the victim in forms the harasser directly that the behavior is unwelcomed and must immediately stop. Afterwards, the victimized individual should use the company's complaint system to file a formal grievance.
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The workplace is the most common backdrop for sexual harassment complaints and lawsuits. Co-workers spend the majority of their day together under high amounts of pressure and stress which can often result in confrontation. However, some employers and employees take advantage of various situations and take part in the unacceptable behavior of harassing their peers.
Common sexual harassment complaints:
- Unwelcome jokes, gestures or comments of a sexual nature
- Unwelcome displaying of sexually-suggestive objects or pictures
- Unwelcome flirting
- Repeated and unwanted sexual advances
- Touching and other unwanted bodily contact, or impeding or blocking movements
The most common type of harassment is referred to as "quid pro quo", which translates from Latin to "this for that." An example of "quid pro quo" is if an employer propositions an employee to do something sexually against their will or face being fired. Termination resulting from "quid pro quo" can result in sexual harassment litigation against the offender and the offending company (if the company took no action to protect the employee).
issues dealing with sexual harassment, discriminations, contract disputes and wrongful termination in Illinois.
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Resources
- National Center for Victims of Crime
- National Crime Victim Bar Association
- National Organization for Victim Assistance
- National Organization of Parents Of Murdered Children, Inc.
- National Victims' Constitutional Amendment Network
- Office for Victims of Crime
- Safe Horizons
- Victim Offender Mediation Association (VOMA)
- Victims Remembered, Inc.
- Women Against Gun Violence
Justice Resources
The Sentencing Project
A national leader in the development of alternative sentencing programs and in research and advocacy about criminal-justice policy.
Prison Policy Initiative
The Prison Policy Initiative conducts research and advocacy about incarceration and criminal-justice policy.
Equal Justice, USA
"Capital Defense Handbook For Defendants and Their Families" provides information and advice about death-penalty cases from the defense point of view.
ACLU: Prisoners' Rights
Resource provided by the American Civil Liberties Union with information on national and state efforts to recognize and protect prisoner's rights.