Dedicated Sexual Harassment

The experienced attorneys at Altman-Nussbaum-Shunnarah have helped clients across the country recover over $750 million. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission states: It is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person’s sex. Harassment can include “sexual harassment” or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature. Harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature, however, and can include offensive remarks about a person’s sex. For example, it is illegal to harass a woman by making offensive comments about women in general. Both the victim and the harasser can be either a woman or a man, and the victim and harasser can be of the same sex. Sexual harassment can occur in a variety of circumstances, including but not limited to the following: