Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
22AMeaning of “sexual harassment”
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22A Meaning of “sexual harassment”
22A Meaning of “sexual harassment”
For the purposes of this Part, a person sexually harasses another person if—
(a) the person makes an unwelcome sexual advance, or an unwelcome request for sexual favours, to the other person, or
(b) the person engages in other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature in relation to the other person,
in circumstances in which a reasonable person, having regard to all the circumstances, would have anticipated that the other person would be offended, humiliated or intimidated.
pt 2A (ss 22A–22J): Ins 1997 No 9, Sch 1 [10].