Legal Question in Employment Law in California

I have a question regarding sexual harassment in the work place. There is this beautiful young women who works for us and she uses her own very sexy personal photos as her screen saver. They are pictures of her in her bathing suit at the river, or pictures of her out partying in very low cut skimmpy dresses with lots of clevage. This is a medical environment and I don't feel it is appropriate. Not only that it is not a personal computer and personal photos should not be downloaded at work. I needed to get into the Quickbooks and work with our accountant on GoToMeetings.com and there were comments made about the photo...I was very emberassed. I replaced it with the standard "Fish" screensaver and she then changed her password so that I no longer have access.

Basically, are these types of photos considered sexual herassemt?


Asked on 10/09/09, 7:44 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Whether you are a man or woman, if you 'reasonably' feel this creates some kind of sexual or hostile atmosphere, then report this to mgmt as required, and ask it be 'reasonably' remedied. If it isn't, or if you're retaliated against for complaining, then you might consult to see what your rights and remedies are. In that case, feel free to contact me.

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Answered on 10/09/09, 7:55 pm


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