Legal Matters: 9 Employment Law Landmines

The policy further should state that conduct such as making unwelcome advances, offensive language, requests for sexual favors, jokes or other verbal, graphic or physical conduct relating to an employee's race, sex, religion, color, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship status, status as a veteran, genetic information or any other factor protected by law, whether implied or explicit, will be viewed as harassment.