anti-harassment

adjective

an·​ti-ha·​rass·​ment
ˌan-tē-hə-ˈras-mənt;
-ˈher-əs-,
-ˈha-rəs-;
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-harassment (audio)
: serving or intended to discourage or prevent harassment
anti-harassment policies in the workplace

Examples of anti-harassment in a Sentence

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These legal parameters frequently lead employers to adopt workplace anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies that set guidelines and requirements for conducting investigations in response to employee complaints of workplace misconduct. Gabriella Levine, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 The tenant anti-harassment ordinance, known as TAHO, was originally passed three years ago in an effort to protect tenants from being threatened or intimidated by landlords. Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024 Oaks Christian’s Head of School Rob Black pledged that year to strengthen the school’s anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies. Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024 Students, too, will be required to complete new anti-harassment training this fall, and all student groups primed on current rules and expectations. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024 Hawkins County School District, which denies the allegations, agreed to overhaul its anti-harassment procedures by hiring a compliance officer, creating an electronic portal to track complaints and reviewing anti-harassment efforts. Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 13 June 2024 Qin was charged with criminal mischief and issued an anti-harassment order by a Nassau County district court judge as a result. Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024 Nevertheless, the National Women's Law Center found last year that 24 US states and the District of Columbia have passed more than 80 workplace anti-harassment bills since #MeToo began, said Forbes. The Week Staff, theweek, 8 Mar. 2024 Wise noted that Tesla since October 2011 has had written anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies and that a senior employee relations official at the company testified in the case that the use of the n-word has been banned at the Fremont factory since at least 2010. Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-harassment was in 1961

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“Anti-harassment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-harassment. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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