Employment LawThere are several situations that have occurred with this individual sales manager. The events that will be discussed involve two female employees who experienced sexual harassment from this individual. The sexual harassment laws that protect the two women, what actions the company should have taken, and how the situation should have been handled if a union was involved, and so on. On several occasions the new sales manager would enter the author's cubicle and begin rubbing the author's shoulders and arms. This action was not acceptable and the perpetrator politely asked him to stop. The manager continued to perform these actions every time he spoke to the author. The author, after getting nowhere with the manager, argued with his direct supervisor. The supervisor advised him that he would speak to the sales manager. The supervisor informed the author that he already told him something because he does it too. The author advised that if she continued she would speak to their vice president. It got better for a while and then it started again. The perpetrator was fed up and didn't feel comfortable being touched. The author spoke to the VP and the VP advised her to talk to him and deal with it. The Vice President informed that it was actually not a big deal because it was his culture, which are touchy and sensitive people. The author said she was sorry but felt uncomfortable. Again, nothing happened and the manager did it again. The author has filed a complaint with human resources. During this ordeal, the director began touching another woman in the department and she was very vocal with him and advised him not to touch her. A couple of days later she had a meeting with this manager in her cubicle, they were sitting next to each other and the manager started massaging her leg. She jumped up and screamed at him not to touch her; he left his cubicle and went straight to human resources. There are federal laws that protect everyone from sexual harassment in the workplace. Here is a description of that law“The federal law prohibiting sexual harassment in the workplace is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.
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