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A Step-By-Step Guide for Victims of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Contributor(s): Irwin, Kim (Author)

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 ISBN:     ISBN-13: 9798735541202
Publisher: Independently Published
OUR PRICE: $9.91  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: May 2021
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- Education | Violence & Harassment
Physical Information: 0.07" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.15 lbs) 28 pages
 
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This manual is a step-by-step guide for victims of sexual harassment in the workplace in Ireland. It contains all necessary and relevant information for employees to ensure that their right not to be sexually harassed in the workplace is vindicated by their employer, and for employers to ensure that they are fulfilling their legal obligation to protect their employees from sexual harassment and that they treat them with dignity, respect and sensitivity should they a complaint of sexual harassment be raised. Every employer in Ireland is responsible for any sexual harassment that their employees may be or have been subjected to. Thus, every employer is obliged by law to have policies, procedures and training in place which are expressly dedicated to protecting you from sexual harassment in three fundamental ways. Firstly and most importantly, they must be committed to preventing sexual harassment from occurring in the first place. Secondly, your employer must act to reverse the effect(s) which the sexual harassment has on you. Lastly, they must act to prevent the sexual harassment from reoccurring. If your employer failed in any of these obligations and you feel like your complaint was not dealt with or taken seriously, you can make a complaint to an independent legal body called the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) who will resolve the dispute for you. The WRC was established in 2015 and has several primary functions. Among these functions is the promotion, improvement and maintenance of positive workplace relations. The WRC also ensures and encourages compliance by employers with industrial relation laws in Ireland. When you make a claim to the WRC about your employer's response to a complaint of sexual harassment, you are asking them to overview and resolve the inadequacy of your employer's action or inaction. This is a civil procedure, is free and is totally independent of the criminal justice system and prosecution. Using this method means that you make a complaint not against your harasser, but against your employer about how she or he responded to your internal complaint of sexual harassment. The guide contains information about victimization, which is also illegal in Ireland. Victimization is being treated negatively due to the fact that you made a complaint in work. If your employer treats you or someone you told about the sexual harassment differently, by reason of making the complaint - you may be entitled to additional compensation. You can receive compensation for both victimization and for your employer's insufficient response to a claim of sexual harassment. The guide is divided into three parts, the first part containing essential information about what your rights are and how your employer is expected to treat you under the law. The second part will guide you through both informal and formal methods of complaining along and goes through, in detail, how each complaint procedure works. The last part is an appendix of sources for advice and emotional support. This guide contains succinct and detailed information which is based on thorough research of Irish law. However, this guide does not, in and of itself constitute legal advice. No liability is accepted by the author for any action taken in reliance on the information outlined in this guide. If you do wish to consult a legal professional, please refer to the appendix at the end of the guide.
 
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