California’s Janitors, Security Guards Face ‘Inferior Working Conditions’

…“Janitors and security officers tend to work alone at night in empty buildings and are isolated from almost everyone except their immediate supervisor,” said Helen Chen, co-author of the study and coordinator of public programs at the UC Berkeley Labor Occupational Health Program. “This isolation is a major risk factor for sexual harassment, particularly when the harasser is their supervisor, which is a common occurrence in this industry.”…