Britain: Sexual harassment comments about men αν carafe if made in the workplace

The comments concerning carafe of men and done in the workplace will be considered sexual harassmentaccording to a court decision in Britain.

According to dailymail.co.ukit all started when an employee called Tony Finn was fired last May from construction company in which he worked for 24 years. The man sued the company and claimed that they were accepting a number of inappropriate behaviorseven sexual harassment.

In fact, complained that his superiorshe had him characterize as “carafe m.”with dcourt must answerif this phrase is just offensive the implies something more.

Based on the decision issued by three male judgesstate that “in our judgment, there is a connection between the word “bald” on the one hand and the protected characteristic of the sex. The company’s lawyer rightly stated that women as well as men lose hair. However, for the three members of this court, it is clear that loss is much more common in men than in women. And we find that it is directly related to gender».

The court therefore decides that the reference to the victim as a “nail”. misconduct, violation of the plaintiff’s dignity, created a threatening environment for him, was done on purpose and was related to the plaintiff’s gender“, They added in the decision.