Sexual harassment is usually an attempt by one person to exert power over someone else.
It can be perpetrated by a supervisor, by a co-worker, by a landlord or a service provider. Sexual harassment is discrimination on the ground of gender and is prohibited in Alberta s Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act and under every other human rights legislation in Canada. Sexual harassment is unwanted, often coercive, sexual behaviour directed by one person toward another. It is emotionally abusive and creates an unhealthy, unproductive atmosphere in the workplace. Sexual harassment violations are among the most frequent complaints received by human rights agencies, and the most costly for employers who fail to have effective policies or do not treat such complaints from their employees or customers and clients seriously.