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Article

17 Oct 2013

Author:
Helen Davies, Liverpool Daily Post (UK)

Lawyer: sexual harassment education needed in workplace [UK]

Companies should offer training to all employees on what constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace. That’s the view of Michael McDonough, an employment law consultant who recently acted for Elizabeth Cowhig, who claimed she was sexually harassed by her boss at the Kirkby call centre of Digital Maintenance Ltd (DML). In September she was awarded nearly £13,000 in damages from her former employers as a result of an employment tribunal…Mr McDonough…claims 90% of women will experience some sort of sexual harassment in their workplaces…[and] is advising employers to take steps to ensure they are not involved in an employment tribunal. These measures will also act as a defence should the employer ever find themselves at a tribunal…