(a) Harassment on the basis of sex is a violation of Executive Order 11246, as amended. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, offensive remarks about a person's sex, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when:

1. (1) Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment;
2. (2) Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or
3. (3) Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.