Sexual Harassment Scenarios

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Scenario 1: A manager for a retail store which has been employed for 10 years with the company is accused of sexual harassment on a female worker. The manager in this situation has never been reported to have any other incident while he has been employed for the company. The female worker claimed that he touched her hair unprofessionally and felt uncomfortable. She has also claimed that he has made remarks to her before but she didn’t report them but felt uncomfortable. The company has a straight forward policy on sexual harassment policy that would not be tolerated. The manager has stated that he didn’t touch her hair in any sexual matter and denied saying any comments to this female worker. Outcome: Due to the company’s sexual harassment policy the employee with face investigation on this matter to make sure allegation was true or false. The employee would have violated the company policy that states, verbal abuse of a sexual nature or touching, grapping of a sexual nature would not be tolerated. While the investigation is ongoing the two workers would be separated until a finally outcome is decided. The Labor Arbitration Report …show more content…

This employee just ended their 90 days and has done very well. Other employees has brought to management that this employee has been using the internet for personal use. They have also stated that the employees uses her work email for personal matter and also be browsing the internet on her downtime when she should be working. They have witness her on social media and shopping online. The company has a policy that the “requirement that computer usage be for business purposes and that content may not be pornographic or abusive are generally seen by arbitrators as reasonable” (fossum, 2010). The employees was confronted and she stated that she has used the internet and email for personal reason, but didn’t know that it would have been a big

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