Relief for our fellow americans. Washington journey spent the entire program on the governments role in enforcing laws that make it illegal to harass an individual in the work place. It online h all of at cspan. Org. Heres part of that discussion. Continues. L joining us is the commissioner of the equal Employment Opportunity commission here to help us about our conversation about sexualharassment and the work place. Eeoc and how does this agency play a role in preventing sexual hara the eoc the eeoc was created in the 1964 Civil Rights Act. An independent agency to enforce on discrimination in the workplace based on sex grade one of the prohibited acts is to sexually harass someone. Is takewhat we do charge when someone has experienced harassment, we investigate, we try to settle them. We have helped thousands of women get harassment to stop in their workplace, often getting money damages even before they have to go to court. The other role we have is outreach and education. We are tr
This agency play a role in preventing Sexual Harassment in the workplace . The eeoc was created in the 1964 Civil Rights Act. An independent agency to enforce on discrimination in the workplace based on sex grade one of the prohibited acts is to sexually harass someone. Is takewhat we do charge when someone has experienced harassment, we investigate, we try to settle them. We have helped thousands of women get harassment to stop in their workplace, often getting money damages even before they have to go to court. The other role we have is outreach and education. We are trying to stop harassment before it happens. We do training and other things along those lines. Host what is sexualharassment . How do you define it . Guest there are two definitions. One is illegal Sexual Harassment and that is harassment that is severe, like physical touching, or what is called pervasive, it happens continuously. That is what you need to get to the level of illegal harassment. From the eeoc perspective
Of a sexual nature or of a sexist nature, you should be able to get your employer to stop it. In an ideal world you should really get your employer to stop it. Host we are talking about just the federal workplace the eeoc covers the private workplace as well. Guest yes. We were created to implement the 1964 Civil Rights Act. That was the major Civil Rights Act in this country saying to private employers, any employer with 15 or more employees, you may not discriminate waste on on race,based religion, national origin, sex, disability or age. This is any private employer with more than 15 employees is subject to this law. Has 53c has 50 feet offices around the country ready to help anyone who has experienced discrimination. You go to the website eeoc. Gov, there is an 800 number. We will do everything we can. Host how does a federal agency stop Sexual Harassment in the private work place . Guest the law is set to govern the private workplace and you can bring your employer to court and g
On aggregate to secure their place in the stockholm showpiece, later this month. We are live at manchesters beautiful, glorious, historic Victoria Baths. The pool has been refilled, ready for the first public swim in 2a years. We will have more on the plight of britains glorious historic pools and the fight to save them ina historic pools and the fight to save them in a little while. And matt has them in a little while. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Another dry day. , but for the rest of you there will be the smell of fresh rain in the air and maybe eight thunderstorms later. Dry day for scotland. Good morning. First, our main story. Thousands of weapons have been seized in schools across england and wales. They include swords, axes and airguns. Some of the cases involved children as young as five. Police chiefs said there had been a worrying increase in young people carrying knives. Andy moore reports. Some schools have taken to using metal arches to make sure no weapons are
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