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Any unwanted sexual advances or behavior that makes the workplace frightening, hostile, or insulting is considered sexual harassment. Sexual harassment could refer to any sexual behavior that causes an employee to feel uneasy. Most sexual harassment traits are frequently shown by male employees towards female employees. Most times female employees show sexual harassment to male employees especially when the female employees are the superiors and the male employees are the subordinate. As the business manager or organisational director, it is absolutely your duty to make sure that the business environment is free from all threats of sexual harassment, below are some of the ways these can be effectively prevented:
* Spell out penalties involved: one of the most effective way of preventing sexual harassment from being exhibited in the business environment by employees is by clearly spelling out penalties, consequences, as well as repercussions involved if any employee showcase the threat of sexual harassment. These penalties could be in the form of: job termination, salary reduction, working overtime with no pay, end suspension with no pay.
* Take all complaints seriously: as the business manager or organisational director, it is necessary that you take all complaints issued to you by an employee about another co-employee sexually harassing him or her. Refusal to take employees complaints about sexual harassment seriously, can actually lead to the more exhibition of the act.
* Spell out penalties involved: one of the most effective way of preventing sexual harassment from being exhibited in the business environment by employees is by clearly spelling out penalties, consequences, as well as repercussions involved if any employee showcase the threat of sexual harassment. These penalties could be in the form of: job termination, salary reduction, working overtime with no pay, end suspension with no pay.
* Take all complaints seriously: as the business manager or organisational director, it is necessary that you take all complaints issued to you by an employee about another co-employee sexually harassing him or her. Refusal to take employees complaints about sexual harassment seriously, can actually lead to the more exhibition of the act.