Sexual Harrassment

Policies and Procedures to Deal with Sexual Harassment in the workplace

Policies and Procedures to Deal with Sexual Harassment in the workplace

Introduction

U.S. is facing sexual harassment dispute settlement mechanism within the unit by a special dispute settlement mechanism, special administrative complaint procedure system and the civil system of three parts. The Internal dispute resolution procedures of sexual harassment are divided into two kinds of formal and informal.

Administrative appeals procedures, the establishment of a special dispute settlement body to provide a special program, such as "priority complaints procedure." In civil proceedings, the admissibility of sexual harassment cases from the burden of proof allocation, the use of character evidence and has taken a special rule. Meanwhile, the use of the internal pretrial dispute settlement mechanism on sexual harassment, whether the necessary procedure to initiate civil action is also clearly defined. Three types of dispute resolution contribute significantly to the combined effect of sexual harassment in the United States to resolve the dispute properly.

Discussion

The United States is the first concern of sexual harassment, and its dispute settlement mechanism of sexual harassment is the most complete one of the countries, the United States of sexual harassment dispute settlement mechanism within the unit by a special mechanism for dispute resolution, administrative civil complaint system and a special three-part system, the joint action of the three sexual harassment in the United States to promote the proper settlement of disputes.

First, the specialized unit within the dispute settlement mechanism of sexual harassment

The United States should increase the employer's liability is sexual harassment at work is one of the most important feature, which instructed all units to the need to take various preventive measures, but also to set various internal avenues of appeal in the hope through the unit to resolve such internal mechanisms new type of dispute, if the unit itself is not set for such events within a relief channel, the relevant litigation in almost no possibility of winning.

The U.S. units are set to have a set of internal processing procedures. Sexual harassment within their units' dispute settlement mechanism mainly includes the following aspects: (A) Issued prohibiting sexual harassment in the workplace a written statement (B) The establishment of units within the channel of redress (C) Of the detailed provisions of the relevant complaints procedure for investigation and processing system

Second, the special administrative appeal system (A) Determine the special administrative body to deal with sexual harassment dispute In the U.S., specializing in sexual harassment disputes, administrative agencies are the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which is based on the 1964 "Civil Rights Act," Chapter VII of the creation of an independent federal agency to deal with sexual harassment dispute is one of the important functions of the institution. The Committee consists of five after a presidential nomination, the consent of the Senate appointed by the members. In 1972, the Commission an additional Legal Counsel Office is responsible for litigation matters. General Counsel is nominated by the President after the Senate agreed to the ...