| 释义 |
harassment
n. 1. Under amendments made in 1994 to the Public Order Act 1986, an offence is committed when harassment, alarm, or distress is caused to the victim. Under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, harassment constitutes a criminal offence and victims of harassment may obtain restraining orders and damages where appropriate. See harassment of debtors; harassment of occupier; nuisance neighbours; stalking; threatening behaviour. 2. A form of prohibited discrimination on grounds of sex, race, age, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or disability that occurs where someone is subjected to unwanted conduct that has the purpose or effect of violating their dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating, or offensive environment. Case: Richmond Pharmacology Ltd v Dhaliwal [2009] UK EAT/045/08, [2009] IRLR 336. Sexual harassment occurs where the unwanted conduct is of a sexual nature. |