2018-02-07
The complainant worked for the respondent agricultural company. She alleged her manager sexually harassed her, including by obtaining her mobile number from the company records without proper authority, sending her sexually explicit text messages, and attempting to touch her breasts and bottom. The complainant resigned from her employment before lodging the complaint.
On being advised of the complaint, the company and the complainant’s former manager agreed to participate in conciliation.
The complaint was resolved. The company advised that, in response to the complaint, in-depth sexual harassment training would be delivered to managers and human resources staff would be more prominent on-site. The company also agreed to pay the complainant $5,000 as general damages and her former manager agreed to pay her $3,000 as general damages.
Year
Discrimination type
Sex Discrimination Act
Grounds
Sex
Sexual harassment
Areas
Employment
Compensation
Anti-discrimination/EEO training reviewed/revised
Amount
$8,000