The Law on Gender Equality in Society (2008) contains provisions on sexual harassment.

Article 4 reads as follows:

"[...] "Gender Based Harassment" is any kind of unwelcome conduct relating to the gender of one person and aiming and/or resulting in violating personal dignity or creating a threatening, hostile, humiliating, disparaging or insulting environment.

[...] "Sexual Harassment" is any kind of unwelcome conduct, by means of words or actions, physical or symbolic, of a sexual character, which intends or leads to violating personal dignity, specifically when it creates a threatening, hostile, humiliating, disparaging or insulting environment constitutes."

Article 18 - Responsibilities of the employer for protecting the employee from discrimination, harassment and sexual harassment

"1. Any discrimination, harassment or sexual harassment in the working place by the employer and/or employee, shall be prohibited.

2. In order to protect the employee from discrimination and especially from sexual harassment, the employer shall be obliged to:

a) Take preventive measures and define disciplinary measures (sanctions) in the internal regulations concerning prevention of harassment and sexual harassment towards the employees, in compliance with this law;

b) In case the employer comes to know indirectly or in case he/she receives information or a complaint from an employee who claims to have been discriminated, harassed or sexually harassed by another employee, after being convinced about that, the employer should take the proper organizational measures to stop the continuation and prevent discrimination, harassment or sexual harassment and apply the disciplinary sanctions;

c) Inform all the employees on the prohibition of discrimination, harassment and sexual harassment in the working place.

3. The employer shall establish rules on preventing gender discrimination and on the way to resolve complaints filed by persons affected by such actions in the collective work contract.

4. Every individual agreements or collective contract which contradicts the provisions of this law shall be invalid.

5. The provisions of this law are applicable for the self-employed as well as the employees for work performed at home."