Federal Act on Gender Equality

Any har­ass­ing be­ha­viour of a sexu­al nature or oth­er be­ha­viour re­lated to the per­son’s sex that ad­versely af­fects the dig­nity of wo­men or men in the work­place is dis­crim­in­at­ory. Such be­ha­viour in­cludes in par­tic­u­lar threats, the prom­ise of ad­vant­ages, the use of co­er­cion and the ex­er­tion of pres­sure in or­der to ob­tain fa­vours of a sexu­al nature.