Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452)

Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452), article 29

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29. (1) It shall not be lawful for an employer or an employee to harass another employee or to harass the employer by subject ing such person to any unwelcome act, request or conduct, including spoken words, gestures or the production, display or circulation of written words, pictures or other material, which in respect of that person is based on sexual discrimination and which could reasonably be regarded as offensive, humiliating or intimidating to such person. (2) It shall not be lawful for an employer or an employee to sexually harass another employee or the employer (hereinafter i n this article referred to as "the victim") by: (a) subjecting the victim to an act of physical intimacy; or (b) requesting sexual favou rs from the victim; or (c) subjecting the victim to any act or conduct with sexual connotations, including spoken words, gestures or the 22 CAP. 452.] EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS production, display or circulation of written words, pictures or other material where - (i) the act, request or conduct is unwelcome to the victim and could reasonably be regarded as offensive, humiliating or intimidating to the victim; (ii) the victim is treated differently, or it could reasonably be anticipated that the victim could be so treated, by reason of the victim’s rejection of or submission to the act, request or conduct. Violence and harassment. Added by: XI.2026.3.

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