Mataayo saw his boss tearing off Barbara’s clothes in the kitchen at office. When Barbara made a complaint against him, she called Mataayo as a witness and he told the disciplinary panel exactly what he had seen. However the very following day, Mataayo’s contract was terminated for gross misconduct and giving away industry secrets.
WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?
By law, all information relating to the sexual harassment must be treated with confidentiality. This means that the information must only be seen by people who are helping to handle the complaint. The identity of the complainant (the person who was sexually harassed),the witnesses, as well as details of what happened must be treated with privacy. This is done so that the people involved do not feel stigmatized or discriminated against.
By law if a person involved in the sexual harassment as either a member of the hearing committee, a witness, or even the person who made the sexual harassment complaint are punished in any way by demotion or dismissal from work, then this will be taken as an act of retaliation and they can sue the employer for it by reporting to the labour office or industrial court.
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