- any act or ommision of an act which would create a hostile work environment
- or
- exclude any person from employment or promotional opportunities because of
sex, sexual orientation, race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS) mental disability, medical condition, age, marital status or denial of family care or pregnancy disability leave
it includes but is not limited to derogatory comments, slurs or jokes, pictures, cartoons or posters and actions which result in an employee being offended or insulted because of a protected classification status enumerated above