The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment has
established a centralised register of allegations of workplace sexual
misconduct.
Data will be collected from calls made to MBIE or its
Mediation Services but all personal identifying information will be removed, so
that names of the parties will not be kept in the register.
Complaints about sexual harassment must be raised with the
employer within 90 days if the employee wishes to bring a personal grievance in
the Employment Relations Authority.
However, complaints can still be lodged with the Human Rights Commission
within 12 months of the offending behaviour and damages awarded by the Human
Rights Commission tend to be greater than those awarded by the Employment
Relations Authority.
It pays to take advice from a professional experienced in
this area as soon as possible if you believe you have been subjected to sexual
harassment in the workplace.
Alan
Knowsley
Employment
Lawyer Wellington
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