Figure 5 provides a breakdown of the complex category of “Sexual Harassment” reports made to OPHD, referred to earlier as part of Figure 4. This category includes allegations of “Sexual Harassment - Hostile Environment”, “Sexual Harassment - Quid Pro Quo”, and “Sexual Harassment - Unspecified”. The proportions of these subcategories of sexual harassment in reports made to OPHD in FY24 are depicted in Figure 5.
The majority of sexual harassment allegations involved the creation of a hostile environment.
About a quarter of the reports alleging sexual harassment were classified as “Unspecified”. A sexual harassment report is generally categorized as “unspecified” when a report alleging sexual harassment is made to OPHD, but attempts by OPHD to reach out to the impacted parties are not answered. After a number of outreach attempts are made, OPHD closes the case without receiving the additional information necessary to subcategorize the allegation with more specificity.