If you exhaust all “administrative remedies” and are still faced with harassment, the next step is to file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or a state agency that serves the same function, Samuels says. The employee can file a claim against the harasser and the company for failing to solve the problem.
Women who speak out against harassment could face retaliation or be branded a troublemaker—but these are violations under the federal law.
And you do not have to be the direct target of a crude conversation. “If you are exposed to it enough to alter your workplace conditions,” Samuels says, “you have a claim.”
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