Sexually inappropriate banter: How do I handle it?
Posted in : How do I handle it NI on 19 November 2024
Emma Doherty
Tughans LLP
For November 2024, we have asked the employment team at Tughans LLP to provide practical answers to unusual, sensitive or complex work-related queries. We call this feature “How do I handle it?”
The articles are aimed at HR professionals and other managers who may need to deal, from time to time, with the less commonplace disputes at work; issues that may, if handled incorrectly, lead to claims for discrimination, constructive dismissal or some other serious difficulty.
This month’s problem concerns:
"We have an employee who continues to engage in ‘banter’ with his colleagues and some of his ‘jokes’ have been reported as sexually inappropriate by his female
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This article is correct at 19/11/2024
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Emma Doherty
Tughans LLP
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