Definition
Third-Party Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is any unwelcome behavior towards a person that leads to humiliation or intimidation in the workplace. An employee can be harassed sexually by a manager, co-worker, or subordinate. At times, sexual harassment is committed by people who do not work with you in your company. People like clients, vendors, independent contractors, or customers can sexually harass an employee.
What Is Third-Party Sexual Harassment?
Third-party sexual harassment is harassment committed by someone else who is not an employee of the company. Perpetrators of this kind of harassment may include customers, clients, or vendors that come onsite or interact with employees. This type of harassment may also include independent contractors working for the company, and employees of a different company that comes to offer different services to your company. For example, this may include caterers who cater for company events or security guards who are responsible for the security of the building where your company does business.
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