Unlawful workplace harassment is unwelcome conduct tied to a protected characteristic that a reasonable person would find intimidating, hostile, or abusive. It can be verbal, physical, or visual – slurs, threats, offensive jokes, unwanted touching, or sabotage. It becomes legally actionable when enduring it becomes a condition of employment or it is severe/pervasive. Isolated mild teasing usually does not meet the legal bar; a pattern often does.