Many other incidents have erupted since then, including investigations into the Navy after the Tailhook incident and into government officials after Senator Bob Packwood was accused of harassing several female staffers. More recently, the federal government has taken legal action on behalf of a large number of women against the Mitsubishi auto assembly plant in Normal, Illinois. Enforcement of the laws prohibiting sexual harassment has been stepped up in the last few years, but in the workplace across America, the issue is far from settled.
Sexual harassment is still a daily problem for many workers, especially women.
All kinds of women, in all types of jobs, at every level of the working world are victims of sexual harassment. There is however, a fine line between discrimination and terminating an employee for unjust or unfair, all be it legal, reasons. An employer's right to terminate an employee at any time and for any reason is comparable to an employee's right to quit his or her job at any time and for any reason. In general, an employer can not treat one employee less favorably than it treats another employee based on race, sex, age, religion, national origin, or disability. However, an employer can treat one employee less favorably than it treats other employees for non-discriminatory reasons, such as, a personality conflict.