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... number of hours worked. The sexual harassment must have occurred during "the course of employment" and this requirement is, of course, satisfied in Sarah's case. Section 4A of the SDA 1975 defines two categories of sexual harassment: 1. Unwanted conduct on the grounds of a person's sex: The conduct must have the purpose of, or have the effect of, violating the person's dignity, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for that person; or 2. Unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature: Again, the conduct must have the purpose of, or have the effect of, violating the person's dignity, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for that person. Conduct of a sexual nature is unlawful in itself and it is not necessary to make a comparison with how somebody of the opposite sex would be treated. This could include comments about the ...
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