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Sexual harassment can leave employees uncertain about how to respond, especially when the conduct affects their work, emotional well-being, or personal safety. Some people may want to report what happened, while others need confidential support, help preserving information, or assistance with related stalking, threats, or online harassment. The Rochester harassment resources below offer several possible starting points.
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Rochester Sexual Harassment Resources
Rochester employees may be able to report workplace sexual harassment to state or federal agencies. Local organizations can also provide affirming health care, behavioral health support, language assistance, or connections to community services.
- EEOC Buffalo Local Office: Handles federal workplace harassment and discrimination charges from employees in Monroe County and other parts of upstate New York. The EEOC can be reached at 1-800-669-4000.
- New York State Division of Human Rights: Accepts qualifying complaints involving workplace sexual harassment, retaliation, and other forms of employment discrimination under New York law.
- Trillium Health: Provides inclusive primary care, sexual health care, behavioral health treatment, care management, and supportive services for people from diverse communities, including LGBTQ+ patients.
- Ibero-American Action League: Offers bilingual community resources, language-access services, care management, workforce development, and other support for Latino and underserved residents in the Rochester area.
- Monroe County Equal Employment Opportunity Unit: Accepts discrimination and harassment complaints from Monroe County employees and customers, including complaints based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and retaliation
Employees may have the option to use an employer’s internal reporting procedure, file a complaint with a government agency, or consult a sexual harassment attorney. Because these approaches may involve different requirements and deadlines, workers can seek information before choosing how to proceed.
Support for Related Abuse or Safety Concerns in Rochester
Sexual harassment may occur alongside stalking, threats, domestic abuse, sexual violence, or conduct that continues outside the workplace. Rochester and Monroe County organizations provide confidential crisis support, advocacy, counseling, safety planning, and assistance navigating local services.
- RESTORE Sexual Assault Services: Provides free and confidential crisis support, advocacy, hospital accompaniment, and assistance understanding reporting options. Its 24-hour Monroe County hotline is 585-546-2777.
- Rochester Police Department Domestic Violence Services: Connects victims with assistance such as temporary housing, counseling, clothing, food, and other local services through its Victim Assistance Unit.
- City of Rochester Community Support Team: Provides crisis counseling, domestic violence support, short-term case management, victim assistance, and referrals. The team can be reached at 585-428-6630.
- Monroe County Victim-Witness Bureau: Assists crime victims and witnesses with court information, compensation applications, referrals, and other support. Advocates can be reached at 585-753-4573.
- YWCA Rochester & Monroe County: Provides confidential support for people affected by domestic and sexual violence, including sexual harassment. Its survivor services include crisis support and connections to additional assistance.
- New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence: Provides safety information and operates the New York State Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline at 1-800-942-6906 or by text at 844-997-2121.
- New York State Office of Victim Services: Helps eligible crime victims seek compensation for expenses such as counseling, medical care, relocation, and lost earnings and connects New Yorkers with local victim-assistance programs.
New York and National Harassment Help Resources
Statewide and national services may offer additional workplace guidance, peer support, referrals, safety-planning materials, and tools for documenting harassment that occurs in person or online.
- Workplaces Respond: Provides resources for workers affected by sexual harassment, stalking, sexual assault, and domestic violence that intersect with the workplace.
- Right To Be: Offers tools for responding to workplace, public, and online harassment, along with bystander-intervention training.
- HeartMob: Provides peer support for people experiencing online harassment and assistance documenting or reporting abusive conduct.
- New York Attorney General: Publishes information about workplace sexual harassment, retaliation, and the complaint options that may be available to New York employees.
- VictimConnect Resource Center: Offers confidential information and referrals for people affected by harassment, stalking, and other crimes at 1-855-484-2846.
- SPARC: Provides stalking incident logs, safety-planning materials, victim handbooks, and information about recognizing stalking behavior.
- Cyber Civil Rights Initiative: Operates the Image Abuse Helpline at 1-844-878-2274 for people affected by nonconsensual intimate images, sextortion, and related online abuse.
- RAINN: Operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 and offers confidential online and text support.
Preparing to Ask for Help for Sexual Harassment
Employees do not need to have a complete record of every incident before contacting a resource or asking questions about sexual harassment. Preserving available information can nevertheless make it easier to explain what happened, identify a pattern, and describe how the employer responded.
Useful records may include emails, text messages, screenshots, internal complaints, performance documents, witness names, and notes showing when and where incidents occurred. New York employees should generally keep copies in a personal account or another location that the employer or alleged harasser cannot access.
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We guide you through RGA — Rights, Guidance, and Action, a safe and supportive process designed to help you protect yourself, preserve your career, and stop harassment.
We help you understand what’s acceptable in the workplace, what crosses the line, and how the law protects you from harassment and retaliation.
We offer confidential, nonjudgmental support before any formal action, helping you evaluate the safest and most effective steps for your situation.
You never have to face harassment on your own. We can help you create a plan that feels safe and manageable, and connect you with trusted sexual harassment attorneys who can draft complaints, handle communication for you, or work toward a private resolution.
