Among all industrialized nations, the United States has established the best system in preventing and combating sexual harassment incidents in the workplace. In 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidelines affirming that sexual harassment in the workplace is a form of sex discrimination and imposing strict liability on employers for failing to take reasonable preventive or remedial measures. As of 1981, federal courts at every level have rendered decisions in a number of related cases, which are generally favorable to employees-complaints. Since the passage of Civil Rights Act of 1991, employer liability in the incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace has been increased considerably. Since sexual harassment in the workplace can cause various adverse effects to employees and directly impede the ideal of attaining gender equality in employment, it is of vital importance to pay close attention to the efforts made and the experience accumulated in this field by the United States.
