An Employer’s Responsibility
By law it is an employer’s responsibility to ensure a safe working environment for employees. Besides acting appropriately themselves in relation to harassment, employers can also be held liable if they do not take steps to address issues of harassment between their employees. It is no defence for an employer to claim that they do not condone harassment.
Employers should have a defined harassment policy in place and should communicate this to all staff. Employees should be aware of the steps they can take if they feel they are being harassed and they should be confident that any complaint they make will be dealt with effectively and in confidence.
In Cartwright v Commissioner of Police,11 the Employment Court found that the employee’s manager bullied the employee. The Court held that the manager pre-judged and formed a negative view of the employee, so adopted an aggressive and domineering style of management. He relieved the employee of many of his duties and gave the employee an extremely low performance review. The Court found that the manager’s behaviour and attitude were unprofessional, uncompromising, confrontational and resentful. The Court found that the conduct could be described as bullying and contributed to the employee’s stress. The Court held the conduct amounted to breaches of the employer’s duty to act fairly and reasonably and to be a good employer.
自己看 He relieved the employee of many of his duties 先例就有 被欺负就可以减少工作职责
你怎么说吧?作者: future123 时间: 2013-6-5 12:27:02