Survey: Workplace Sexual Harassment Complaints Rise
US Legal News
According to The Jerusalem Post, Israeli help centers are receiving more calls regarding sexual harassment in the workplace, according to a recent survey.
The survey, which was conducted by Millward Brown, examined the level of exposure and awareness of harassment incidents in the workplace.
Awareness of everything connected to the subject of sexual harassment in the workplace was low, the survey revealed. More than half of those surveyed were unaware that sexual relations between workers and their bosses are forbidden, and 28 percent of those surveyed said they had experienced some sort of sexual harassment in the workplace within the past three years.
If you're in the Dallas area and you are having problems with sexual harassment in the workplace, contact the Texas labor and employment lawyers at Weinberg Law Firm. The have all of your labor attorney needs under one roof.
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