Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) section 12940 describes sexual harassment as unwelcome sexual advance or sexually offensive physical and verbal behavior. It includes sexually suggestive conduct from the same gender.

Examples of sexual harassment are:

1. Physical or verbal assault on an employee's gender

2. Request for sexual favor in exchange for employment security, promotion, or benefits

3. Mistreatment on the basis of the employee's gender, pregnancy, gender preference, and childbirth.

4. Making threat for refusing to grant sexual request

5. Displaying nude photos or sexually suggestive pictures

6. Hurling derogatory remarks, ridicule, and slurs concerning one's gender

7. Indiscreet touching or blocking

8. Hostile work environment caused by repetitive verbal and physical sexual assault