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Sexual harassment is defined as any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that detrimentally
affects the work environment. It generally leads to other adverse job-related consequences or a
poisoned work environment. Sexual harassment generally falls into one of the following
categories and may include (but is not limited to) the associated examples:
 Threatening – threatening or offering rewards (i.e. promotions, raises, etc.) in return for
sexual favours; implications that the victim’s career will be jeopardized if they don’t comply
with the request
 Physical Harassment - touching someone inappropriately or without consent; e.g.: touching
a person’s clothing, hair or body; hugging, kissing, patting; massaging a person’s neck or
shoulders without being asked; standing very close to or brushing up against them
 Verbal Harassment – referring to a co-worker as a “babe, honey, girl or stud”; whistling at
someone; turning work discussion to sexual topics; asking personal questions of a sexual
nature; making sexual comments about a person’s clothing, anatomy or looks; asking
someone repeatedly for dates
 Non-Verbal Harassment (body language) – giving suggestive looks; prolonged staring; giving
unwanted personal gifts; winking and making sexual gestures with hands or body
movements
 Environmental Harassment – displaying sexually suggestive pictures or objects in the
workplace
Other forms of harassment (e.g. those based on prohibited grounds) are not explicitly defined
here; however are equally prohibited at Bradley Smoker.
Bullying and harassment
Bullying and harassment detrimentally affects/poisons the work environment and often
interferes with work processes and productivity. It includes any inappropriate conduct or
comment by a person towards an employee that the person knew, or reasonably ought to have
known, would cause that employee to be humiliated, intimidated, offended or degraded. It
usually occurs as repeated incidents or a pattern of behavior and is a form of power through
aggression that may include physical, verbal, or emotional abuse. There is no reasonable
justification or reason for the bullying and harassment.
Workplace bullying and harassment may be directed at one person or the bully may continually
seek out new people to target; it can be both open and hidden and includes but is not limited
to:
 Yelling, shouting or using profanity
 Criticizing a person constantly or persistently
 Undermining or deliberately obstructing a person’s work
 Publicly making derogatory comments about a person or their work
 Refusing to speak to/giving someone the ‘silent treatment’, being condescending or
patronizing
 Belittling a person’s opinions