Step 1 - Assess risks
In cooperation with the employees, identify the risks in the workplace and implement preventive measures
Let's draw the line on sexual harassment
A guide to preventing and dealing with sexual harassment
What is sexual harassment and who is effected?
Sexual harassment is unwanted sexual attention with the intention or effect of being offensive, frightening, hostile, degrading, humiliating or annoying. Sexual harassment may range from sexual remarks about a person’s body and appearance, simulation of sexual movements, stroking, touching and assault. This may also include showing pictures with sexual content.
Let's draw the line on sexual harassment - six steps
Employees are entitled to a safe working environment without sexual harassment. Together, we can make systematic efforts to draw the line on sexual harassment in the workplace.
Step 2 - Codes of conduct
Work together with the employees in developing rules on how to behave at work. Inform everyone about the code of conduct.
Step 3 - Standard operating procedures
Develop procedures on how to report and follow-up incidents of sexual harassment. Inform all the employees about the procedure.
Step 4 - Violation must lead to consequence
A breach of procedures should have consequences for the person harassing, whether it’s colleagues, guests or clients.
Step 5 - Clarify management’s responsibility
Management has a responsibility and a leading role in preventing and dealing with incidents of sexual harassments.
Step 6 - Talk about sexual harassment
Talking about sexual harassment and other forms of harassment at the workplace.
Massage
A young IT consultant is summoned by a female colleague to provide IT support. While he is examining her PC, she begins massaging him. He backs away and laughs it off.
What would you have done?
She’s gorgeous!
You are going to supervise a new student (a trainee). Before she arrives, some employees check out her pictures on Facebook and comment on how good-looking she is. Their remarks become gradually more detailed. This continues during the whole of her trainee period, but no-one says anything about it to her
What would you have done?
Infatuated colleague
Lars is training a new colleague. He has made good contact with her and becomes romantically attracted to her. He gives her compliments and invites her out for a beer. She declines, but this only makes him more keen, and he won’t take no for an answer.
What would you have done?
Snapchat
After an enjoyable Friday beer, Hanne receives a snap of a colleague’s genitals.
What would you have done?
Workseminar
Two colleagues are sitting chatting in the bar in the evening at a work seminar. The senior of the two is clearly flirting, and invites his younger colleague to his room, to which she declines with a smile. A moment later, she feels his hand on her bottom.
What would you have done?
Extra pillow
A room attendant is delivering an extra pillow to a hotel room. When she opens the door, a man is sitting naked on the bed, and makes no attempt to cover himself.
What would you have done?
Comments on your appearance
You work at a call centre and, when you give your full name, some customers check out your Facebook profile during the conversation and comment on your appearance.
What would you have done?
Kiss on the neck
A plumber calls at the house of a female customer and notices that she is skimpily dressed. While he is working, she suddenly kisses him on the neck.
What would you have done?
Flirt or threat?
A female worker goes to find something in a storage room on a construction site. When she enters the room, she sees a man from another firm standing talking on the telephone. As she passes him, she hears him say: Ooh, here comes a lovely lady, but she’s carrying a knife so I won’t try anything.
What would you have done?
Nude pictures at work
There are nude pictures on the wall at work.
What would you have done?
Too young for me
The manager says to his young employee, “You are lovely, but too young for me.”
What would you have done?
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