Harassment occurs where there is:
- unwanted conduct related to any of the protected grounds of race, religion or belief; sexual orientation, disability or age;
- the conduct has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.
Example:
An employer makes a job applicant feel humiliated by telling jokes about their religion or belief during the interview. This may amount to harassment.
Victimisation occurs where:
- a person is treated adversely;
- because they have made a complaint of discrimination, brought discrimination proceedings or helped another person make a complaint or bring such proceedings.
Example:
An employer does not shortlist a person for interview, even though they are well-qualified for the job, because last year the job applicant said they thought the employer had harassed them on grounds of their sexual orientation and had made a complaint. This may amount to victimisation.
You may access previous seminar papers on this subject matter here.