--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Sexual Harassment description: Sexual Harassment | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [British Columbia Supreme Court Finds Human Rights and Workers Comp Claims are not Mutually Exclusive](https://blog.stpub.com/british-columbia-supreme-court-finds-human-rights-and-workers-comp-claims-are-not-mutually-exclusiveemploy) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Oct 13, 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/lawyer.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/british-columbia-supreme-court-finds-human-rights-and-workers-comp-claims-are-not-mutually-exclusiveemploy) A variety of laws and regulations each prohibit sexual harassment in workplaces. These include: · Human rights laws prohibit employers from committing or condoning discrimination, including sex discrimination which includes sexual harassment. · General labour statutes find that harassment can alter terms of employment and even trigger constructive dismissal. · Occupational health and safety laws protect workers from workplace hazards, which increasingly including bullying and harassment. · Workers compensation laws provide an insurance system to compensate workers for occupational injuries and illness. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/british-columbia-supreme-court-finds-human-rights-and-workers-comp-claims-are-not-mutually-exclusiveemploy) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/british-columbia-supreme-court-finds-human-rights-and-workers-comp-claims-are-not-mutually-exclusiveemploy#comments-listing) Tags: [Employee Rights](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/employee-rights), [Discrimination](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/discrimination), [BC Human Rights Tribunal](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/bc-human-rights-tribunal), [Sexual Harassment](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/sexual-harassment), [BC Human Rights Code](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/bc-human-rights-code) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved