Illinois law makes it a civil rights violation for any employer in Illinois to engage in sexual harassment. Maine employers must annually provide employees with an individual written sexual harassment policy statement. Massachusetts has laws that cover employers with over 5 employees and include requirements to provide annual written notices to employees and to take steps to prevent sexual harassment. Minnesota employers must include a certain non-harassment policy in their conditions of employment and take timely and appropriate action should sexual harassment occur. New Hampshire has an anti-sexual harassment law.
New Jersey has an anti-sexual harassment law.
North Dakota has an anti-sexual harassment law which includes a responsibility for the employer to take steps to know of any sexual harassment and to take timely and appropriate action. Pennsylvania has an anti-sexual harassment law. Rhode Island has an anti-sexual harassment law affecting employers of 50 or more people. Vermont employers must adopt a policy against sexual harassment. Washington interprets the state's unfair labor practices law to include sexual harassment.