Description
Bilingual Sexual Harassment Workplace Poster – English & Spanish
Help communicate your organization's commitment to preventing workplace sexual harassment with the Bilingual Sexual Harassment Workplace Poster. This 11 x 17-inch English and Spanish poster provides employees with a visible reminder that sexual harassment is inappropriate and should be reported through the employer's established procedures.
Displaying sexual harassment information can help reinforce an employer's anti-harassment policy, encourage employees to report inappropriate conduct, and remind employees and supervisors of the importance of maintaining a professional workplace.
What Is Sexual Harassment?
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination prohibited under federal employment discrimination law when applicable legal standards are met. It can involve unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.
Sex-based harassment does not always have to involve sexual conduct. Harassment can also include offensive conduct directed at someone because of that person's sex.
What Are Examples of Workplace Sexual Harassment?
Sexual harassment and inappropriate workplace conduct can take many forms. Depending on the circumstances, examples may include:
- Unwelcome sexual advances
- Requests for sexual favors
- Unwanted sexual comments or jokes
- Sexually explicit or offensive messages, images, or materials
- Unwanted physical contact
- Repeated inappropriate comments about a person's appearance
- Sex-based insults or offensive remarks
- Threats or employment consequences connected to accepting or rejecting sexual conduct
- Other unwelcome conduct that may contribute to an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment
Who Can Commit Workplace Harassment?
Workplace harassment is not limited to conduct between a supervisor and an employee. Depending on the circumstances, the harasser may be:
- A supervisor or manager
- A coworker
- An employee in another department
- A customer or client
- A contractor or vendor
- Another non-employee encountered through the workplace
The person experiencing harassment and the person engaging in harassment may be of the same or different sexes.
When Does Sexual Harassment Violate Federal Law?
Under federal law, harassment can become unlawful when enduring the offensive conduct becomes a condition of continued employment, when the conduct is sufficiently severe or pervasive to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive, or when the conduct results in an adverse employment action.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act generally applies to employers with 15 or more employees. State and local anti-discrimination laws may provide additional protections or apply to employers with fewer employees.
How Should Employees Report Sexual Harassment?
Employees should follow their employer's established anti-harassment and complaint procedures when they experience or become aware of inappropriate workplace conduct.
Depending on the employer's policy, employees may be instructed to report concerns to:
- A supervisor or manager
- Human Resources
- A designated harassment or compliance representative
- Another manager identified in the employer's policy
- An ethics, compliance, or employee-reporting hotline
Employers should provide employees with clear information explaining where and how workplace harassment concerns can be reported.
Protection Against Retaliation
Federal employment discrimination laws prohibit retaliation against employees or applicants for asserting protected rights. Employees should be able to raise discrimination or harassment concerns, participate in applicable investigations, or otherwise exercise protected rights without unlawful retaliation.
Employers should communicate their anti-retaliation policies and ensure managers and supervisors understand the importance of responding appropriately to employee complaints.
Why Use a Bilingual Sexual Harassment Poster?
Providing workplace information in both English and Spanish can help employers communicate policies and employee expectations to a broader workforce.
This bilingual poster can provide English- and Spanish-speaking employees with a visible reminder of the organization's sexual harassment policy and reporting expectations.
Where Can a Sexual Harassment Poster Be Displayed?
The Bilingual Sexual Harassment Workplace Poster can be displayed in conspicuous employee areas such as:
- Employee break rooms
- Human Resources areas
- Employee entrances
- Workplace policy bulletin boards
- Training and orientation areas
- Manufacturing facilities
- Warehouses and distribution centers
- Restaurants and hospitality workplaces
- Retail workplaces
- Offices and administrative workplaces
Is a Sexual Harassment Poster Required?
Federal law requires covered employers to display the applicable Equal Employment Opportunity notice describing federal employment discrimination protections. However, this particular Bilingual Sexual Harassment Workplace Poster is a supplemental workplace policy and employee-awareness resource and should not be represented as a substitute for the official EEOC notice.
Some states and local jurisdictions have additional sexual harassment notice, policy, posting, or employee training requirements. Employers should review the requirements that apply to each workplace location and use any state- or local-specific notices when required.
Does This Poster Replace Sexual Harassment Training?
No. This poster can help reinforce an employer's anti-harassment policy and employee awareness, but it does not replace sexual harassment prevention training when training is required by applicable state or local law or provided under an employer's workplace policies.
Employers should maintain appropriate anti-harassment policies, complaint procedures, supervisor guidance, employee training, investigation procedures, and other measures appropriate for their workplace.
Bilingual Sexual Harassment Poster Specifications
- 11"W x 17"H
- Portrait orientation
- English and Spanish bilingual format
- Printed in full color
- Laminated with high-quality laminate
Workplace Policy and Compliance Resources
Labor Law Compliance Center provides employers with labor law posters, workplace policy posters, workplace safety posters, specialty postings, and compliance resources for businesses throughout the United States. Browse our Workplace Policy Posters for additional employee policy, harassment prevention, workplace conduct, and employee awareness materials.
