Sexual Harassment: What you and your Employees Need to Know Sexual Harassment is illegal. All employees have a right to a workplace free of sexual harassment from other employees, suppliers, customers, or others. But what is sexual harassment? Sometimes it's blatant, but often it is a matter of "he says, she says" where things are less clear. Employers must provide a way for employees to report sexual harassment, and must promptly investigate and take appropriate action. This applies to claims against employees, customers, suppliers or others. Here are resources to help both employers and employees: Summary of Sexual Harassment 2-minute video More extensive sexual harassment video (32 minutes) with discussion and examples Properly Investigating Complaints of Harassment. This information is from the American Bar Association and helps employers who have received a complaint of harassment. Small Employers: Liability information from the EEOC Want to do training? Sexual harassment 2-hour training (pdf)