Sexual Harassment In Chicago
The city of Chicago is seeing an increase in the number of private employees who are filing sexual harassment complaints with the Illinois Department of Human Rights ("IDHR"). The reason for the increase could be because of the lousy economy and because employers ,may feel as though they don't have to address the needs of workers. Additionally, employers are cutting back on training and education regarding discrimination in the workplace including sexual harassment.
There are many protections available for employees who believe they are the victims of sexual harassment or other forms of discrimination. Sexual harassment can be touching, comments and requests for sex. The biggest problem I see if for victims of sexual harassment being able to prove their case. Many times the person doing the harassment does it one on one and there are no witnesses.
