What are the laws that offer protection against sexual harassment?
In 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) issued regulations defining sexual harassment and stating it was a form of sex discrimination prohibited by the Civil Rights Act, which had been originally passed in 1964. In 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court first ruled that sexual harassment was a form of job discrimination and held it to be illegal. Today, most states have their own fair employment practices laws that prohibit sexual harassment and many of them stricter than the federal law.
