b'Determining the fullparty, but the identical conduct is notare not a general civility code for the areportableincidentofharassmentAmericanworkplace.TheCourt range and scope of thebetween two consenting participantsconcluded, We have never held that enhanced reportingwho are not offended by the dialogueworkplaceharassment,evenharass-requirements is noortouching.Byexample,observingmentbetweenmenandwomen,is onedeckhandhuganothermay,orautomatically discrimination because easy task, as literalmay not, be observed as an incidentof sex merely because the words used interpretation couldofharassment,dependinguponthehave sexual content or connotations.state of mind of the participants, and vastly expand themay form a real uncertainty as to re- Onceacomplaintorincidentis reporting obligation.portability when observed. known, the updated reporting law re-quires quick and proactive action.A In1998,eventheU.S.Supremereport must be made immediately af-Anotherchallengepresentedinin- Courtcouldnotprovideabrightter the responsible entity, presumably terpretingthenewlawinvolvesde- lineastowhatis,andwhatisnot,the master, owner or any managerial termining what actually is reportableactionableharassment,writingthatemployee, gains knowledge of a sexual harassment. Notably, the new act haspetty slights, minor annoyances andassault or sexual harassment incident. nodefinitionoftheterm.Theactsimple lack of good manners are notThe report to the Coast Guard must requires reports related to harassmentlegallyactionable.TheCourtcon- be made by the fastest telecommuni-orsexualharassment.Thus,theacttinued that the anti-harassment lawscation channel available to the Coast seems to extend beyond sexual harass-ment, but this is not absolutely clear as all following statutory references in the same new law only refer to sexual harassment. Likewise, the subsequent Coast Guard Marine Safety Bulletin explainingthenewlaw(seebelow) onlyreferstosexualharassment. Thus, it is not clear whether there is a reporting requirement for any of the traditional protected class status cate-gories of harassment (e.g., harassment based on age, race, gender, sexual ori-entation, or national origin). 1Theidentificationofreportableha-rassment also involves the reality that identicalconductinoneinteraction might not be considered harassment inanothersituation.OtherFederal lawsrequirethattheconductmust be offensive or unwanted. Thus, ifOur inhouse engineering team can provide technical design and installation advice for a master observes sexually charged di- your vessel build. alogue or physical touching betweenBased in Evere\x06, WA, our hyperlocal team two deck hands, that incident mightcan deliver quality marine solutions in beharassmentifoffensivetoeitherextremely short time frames.Hydrus, San Francisco CA35 JULY 2023'