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That means harassers may feel less accountability because their comments aren't public.»
Davis demurred when asked whether the new policy
means a harasser should automatically be removed as a PI.
Not exact matches
Sometimes this
means firing the
harasser.
Sometimes this
means sending the
harasser to sexual harassment training.
After all, targeted harassment is usually a
means of asserting control and defending status on the part of the
harasser, to leave victims «afraid, despairing, utterly alone, and complicit,» as Catharine A. MacKinnon wrote in her 1979 book «Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case of Sex Discrimination.»
In a set of instructions Parlin wrote for teachers, he encourages teachers to «ask the
harasser to explain what he or she
meant by the comment, forcing the student to recognize the hurtful nature of his or her behavior.»
One program amendment to the OHSA that could present a challenge for smaller employers is a new requirement that employers provide a
means for reporting incidents or complaints of workplace harassment where the complainant's supervisor or employer is the alleged
harasser.
This program must be reviewed at least once a year and, in addition to providing a
means to report incidents or complaints of workplace harassment and setting out how complaint will be investigated and dealt with, employers are required to: address alternate
means of reporting complaints of workplace harassment; how confidentiality will be maintained during an investigation; and how the complainant and alleged
harasser will be informed of the result of the investigation — including corrective action.