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Article

23 Jul 2014

Author:
Kim Yon-se, Korea Herald

So. Korea: Appellate court upholds "zero tolerance" sexual harassment policy in case against Samsung Card executive

"No form of sexual harassment can be tolerated: court", 22 Jun 2014

An appellate court on Monday overturned the initial ruling that a former Samsung Card executive had been subject to an unreasonable dismissal due to an overly strict sexual harassment policy.The ex-Samsung Card executive was fired for unnecessary physical contact with female employees and teasing them with sexual jokes...[T]he appellate court said the former Samsung executive abused his position as a supervisor of nonregular employees with weak job security...The court also clarified that the “principle of zero tolerance” toward harassment should be taken into consideration at workplaces...