I have a close friend. This friend has a girlfriend. He has told me many times that his girlfriend is sexually harrased at her workplace. Not only her, but all of her co-workers (who are all women) are too. She doesn't wish to report it because the boss is the owner of the company. She feels that if she reports it, she will probably loose her job. Is there anything that I can do?
2007-02-23 05:05:15 · 19 answers · asked by Uncle C 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
They should all turn him in and then sue him! They do NOT have to take that from him or anyone else for that matter. Who cares if she loses her job at least she will have her dignity. There are other jobs out there. Have they said anything to him about it? Best of luck to your friend and her co-workers. The guy needs to be stopped.
2007-02-23 05:11:09 · answer #1 · answered by mare122870 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Start keeping a written journal of incidents and have her co-workers do the same. Write down what happened, what was said to you, and how you chose to deal with it at the time and why. Also put the date and the time of the incident. Keep this journal in a very safe place. If your boss has access to your desk even if it’s locked and he/she is the abuser, it is common for others to get in your desk, keep your harassment journal at home.
2. If the your boss is the owner, and there is no HR department, then make a formal complaint to the Labor Board in your city. Above all do not keep what is happening to yourself. Remember, you have done nothing wrong, and you have the right to work in a safe environment free of sexual harassment.
I had the same problem and finally quit, not just because of the harassment, but this guy was just awful. I didn't report any of the abusive things he did and I so wish I would have. The consecutive girls that replaced me were emotionally damaged by this jerk, one had a miscarriage which she attributed to this man. Have her report him and take a stand for women. If he fires her for a complaint and his actions are well documented, she can sue the daylights out of him. Good luck to her and what a great friend you are for your concern.
2007-02-23 05:23:11 · answer #2 · answered by leslie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely it is a crime. Not reporting this is making a victim out of the victim.
Talk to a support group or call up a shelter for women and get a name of a support group or encouragement how to deal with it. I would prefer to walk away from a job before being subjected to this. Call a lawyer and get a law suit against this SOB
2007-02-23 05:30:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you should beacuse if u don't he will probley just take more advantage of them.....or confront him and see what he has to say and he might stop beacuse that is wrong or they can sue and get more money out of it since there is witnesses and girls who went through it and there is other who have been sexually harraased so they would likey win the case but if they don't have they money its best if u confront him or report it ......thretning him also beacuse a person of that type to take advantage of girls against there will is probley low not the top guy so he would probley listen....I wish you luck and I am teribbly sorry for the girls who have to go through it.
2007-02-23 05:14:18 · answer #4 · answered by En. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100% the lady shud report of the sexual harrasment she is going thru...n it will be easier as ur saying she is not the only one..she shud discuss this with her co-workers n report against the boss...
i'd say
"its better to lose a million dollar job than ur priceless integrity"
all the best...
take care..
God bless
2007-02-23 05:10:36 · answer #5 · answered by koolnsj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she can get proof, then a lawsuit will pay for her while she's unemployed.
Also make sure that she's asking him to stop.
I know a few girls who say they were being harrased, but never once did they show they didn't like the actions of their boss.
2007-02-23 05:13:10 · answer #6 · answered by jennifer74781 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did she ever say stop? Or did she join in?
start documneting it, video, audio, dates times who and where when -- in or out of work
check if the company posts the required flyers on employee bulletin board
go to state or city agencies
call and ask a lawyer for advice, especially a woman lawyer activist
2007-02-23 05:07:39 · answer #7 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah..mind your own business...
She could be lying to her boyfriend and you will look a trouble maker then everyone will turn on you...plus..unless you saw with your own eye's don't believe her...
Sexual harassment is first thing a girl thinks of when she gets mad at a man, it's the easiest claim to make and the hardest to prove untrue and women know that.
Also she could just be trying to make her boyfriend jealous but what really bothers me is why does it bother you so much unless you want her??
2007-02-23 05:12:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Sexual harrasment charges can only be brought by the person who feels they are harrassed.
2007-02-23 05:25:47 · answer #9 · answered by namsaev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the female co-workers should chip in to hire a very good lawyer!
2007-02-23 05:08:55 · answer #10 · answered by Speck Schnuck 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋