Would-be workplace sex pests should remember that our courts are unwavering in their support for victims of sexual harassment. When it happens in the workplace, victims can seek redress not only from the perpetrators themselves, but also from their employer in appropriate cases.
Victims must however report any incident to their employer, without delay and using the correct procedures.
Failure to do so can be fatal to the victim’s claim, as we shall see in the context of a recent Labour Court case where a female employee, who had been subjected to harassment by two of her senior colleagues, delayed (for two and three years respectively) before reporting them to her employer.