Thursday, 23 May 2013

Sexual harassment : How much is too much or too little ?

Sexual Harassment
How much is too much and how little is too much ?

In today's competitive world when people are ready to oblige  with  anything it is too difficult to frame generalised rules and regulations . HR in such cases categorises people according to designations and management level .

Staff : For  the  employees  in  this  category  as  much as  trying to shake  hand  or offering to  hand shake with  opposite  sex  is  sexual  harassment  if  the  other  employee  in  question  raises  alarm  or  complains  to  its  higher  authority.

Junior  management : For  the  employee  in  this  category   as  far  as  hugging  and  kissing  is  acceptable  provided  they  are  the  hard  working  types .

Middle  management : Employee  coming  into  this  category  can  get  away  even  with  molestation  in  public  as  they  are  difficult  to  scout  for  and  are  also  expensive .

Senior/Top  management : Employee  of  this  category  can  get  away  with  as  much  as  rape  in  the  office  premises  forget  about  anywhere  else . It  is  just  a  favour  asked  by  the  top  management  and  they  are  more  or  less  equal  to  Gods  for  the  organisation  and  one  cannot  refuse  them  anything  including  sex .

HR  hence  has  got  different  set  of  rules  and  regulations  for  different  category  though  not  mentioned  in  black  and  white . Everybody knows the person raising  an  alarm is no where to go  to  so  HR  guidelines  says :  "give a  pep   talk   and  tell  the  complainant  to  forget  it  all  as  this  is  common in work   place  and if   required threaten to sack them . If required sack one such  complainant  and set an example for the rest to keep their mouth shut ."

Employers  and  HR  need  not  worry  about  sexual  harassment  as  it  is  custom  to  blame  the  victim  and  it  is  always  the  victim  who  stands  at  the  receiving  end !
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