Harassment and Hesitant Employees

As an HR professional, you may encounter scenarios where an employee has been harassed, but is hesitant to make a formal complaint. Regardless of whether or not the information was obtained confidentially, harassment is serious and in claims of harassment, nothing is confidential that is made known to a manager.

Key points to remember:

• There are serious implications to ignoring a harassment claim
• The law requires that the employer take immediate action upon any indication of harassment
• The obligation to provide a safe environment overrides any privacy concern
• Requiring an individual to confront their harasser is a violation of Human Rights