A hostile work environment Harassment creates a hostile or poisoned work atmoshpere. It can affect a victim's personal life and interfere with the quality of their work. Many victims live with the threat of being forced out of a job, fired, denied promotions or other work-related benefits. Harassment undermines a person's self-esteem. It can lead to a wide range of stress-related illnesses.
Harassment is an abuse of power Victims often feel intimidated, humiliated and degraded.
It is not harmless, funny or trivial. It is discrimination. It is against the law. Harassment is prohibited under The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code and The Occupational Health and Safety Act . These laws prevent harassment on the basis of race, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, physical size or weight, age, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or receipt of public assistance.