Sexual Harassment At Work
Q: I have been working for this firm for past 6 years. At
first I tried to ignore the fact that this person (office manager
hereinafter "MAN") is sexually harassing all my past receptionists
including myself. I have mentioned "the problem" to my boss, however
MAN never stopped his bad behavior. Over the year, I told MAN that he
should stopped his harassment. He said "no one can harm me and only
person will be harm is our boss." Every time, MAN started his almost
daily harassment I became very defensive (physically and verbally). I
am currently looking for a new employment to get away from this MAN.
Because of MAN, I loss a lot of good co-workers / friends. His behavior
is unacceptable. He thinks he could get away with it. I have a lot of
eye witnesses but no physical evidence (video or tape recording of
conversation). I am afraid that he will retaliates and/or put a block
on my future career advancement. My friends and I felt very help
less. Only solution was ....find another job. We have new receptionist
in our office and MAN already started his smooth mild harassment .
We need advise what to do about this serious issue.
A: Say what? Aside from talking to the guy doing the harassment, over a period of six years, you have ONCE "mentioned" to your boss that there was a "problem" ?? Does your workplace have any posted procedures, or procedures in your workplace employee's manual, about how to report sexual harassment? Have you followed those procedures? An employer's failure to promptly investigate and stop sexual harassment can result in large damage awards as the law firm of Baker & McKenzie