A human rights adjudicator in Yellowknife is expected to rule in May on whether sexually-themed music in the workplace constitutes sexual harassment, after a complaint from a former restaurant employee.

Patricia Sherman alleges that the Yellowknife Boston Pizza restaurant, where she worked as a delivery driver in 2004, was rife with music that she found offensive and denigrating to women.

"Also, there was a lot of violent connotations, and it was very pornographic material," Sherman told CBC News on Monday after she made her case at a hearing of the Northwest Territories Human Rights Adjudication Panel.

Brad Baker, who was Sherman's night manager at the time, said the issue had been resolved by 2005.

"When I had taken over, the policy was strictly that the radio be played, unless there was an agreement by the staff that it was OK," Baker told the adjudicator at Monday's hearing.

Baker acknowledged to that the music choice at the restaurant was a problem in the past. He added that he and Boston Pizza are interested to see how the panel will rule in the matter, in order to determine how it will affect future policy.

Sherman is seeking compensation for sexual harassment, as well as for other discrimination she says she faced because of chronic back problems.