Re: An Employee Accused of Sexual/Race Harrasment
Posted by Terry on 12/20/02
On 12/19/02, Laborrights wrote: > On 12/19/02, Terry wrote: >> On 12/19/02, Polomis wrote: >>> Where can I locate the rights of an employee who has been >>> accused of harrasement by another employee? >> >> Um, you won't. The laws which prohibit employment >> discrimination address the rights of the person bringing the >> complaint and the obligations of the employer to prevent such >> situations from occuring/reoccuring. The law is silent on >> the "rights" of the accused. > > You do have rights. There are guidlines about what is actually > harassment or sexual harassment. I am assuming it is sex > harassment. > > The best defence is other employees who have information about > this person. However, co-workers are usually to cowardly to get > involved. > > You don't explain what was the actual event so it is hard to > determine what your situation is. Was it physical or verbal? The reality is that if the employer wishes to terminate the individual who has been accused of prohibited harassment, absolutely nothing in the law would proclude that from happening, even if the accusations do not amount to harassment under the law or the accusations are unproven.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- An Employee Accused of Sexual/Race Harrasment, 12/19/02, by Polomis.
- Re: An Employee Accused of Sexual/Race Harrasment, 12/19/02, by Terry.
- Re: An Employee Accused of Sexual/Race Harrasment, 12/19/02, by Laborrights.
- Re: An Employee Accused of Sexual/Race Harrasment, 12/20/02, by Terry.
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