Originally from: AAA Handbook on Employment Arbitration and ADR - 2nd Edition

Sexual harassment has been a pervasive topic in the news over the last few years, as evidenced by the extensive coverage of the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas hearing, Paula Jones’ account of sexual harassment by the president while he was governor of Arkansas, and recent accusations by a female 22-year Army veteran against her former boss, who is the Army’s top-ranking enlisted soldier and a member of the commission that reviews the Army’s sexual harassment policies. In fact, studies put the incidence of sexual harassment at 50% to 80% of all working women,1 with 5% of men and 15% of women being sexually harassed each year.2 Sexual harassment is commonly defined under sec. 703 of Title VII as “unwelcome” conduct or requests of a sexual nature.3