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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 220733" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>OK, now I'm home and have more time. The State is very strict on matters of harassment and we have to sit through classes about it every year. The first thing you are supposed to do is to make it abundantly clear to the person that you find their comments and their behavior extreme offensive and demand that it stop. Make it very clear to them that if it occurs again, you will report it. If it stops there, fine. If it doesn't, report it. And document <em>everything</em> ... what he said, when and where he said it, who else was around and might have overheard what he said. </p><p> </p><p>I've worked with people like this before too. He sounds like one of those really obnoxious ones who gets his jollies from talking dirty to women. In this case, this jerk<span style="font-size: 9px">off</span> has already had his first chance! If he was moved to your store as a second chance and he felt free enough to say something that outrageous to you, there's not much hope for him and his days are numbered anyway. The store certainly didn't handle it very well and has put themselves on shakey ground legally. They are <u>not</u> liable if he harasses someone. But they <u>are</u> liable if it is reported and they fail to take corrective action on it. They could be sued - big time! He should have been fired immediately. Instead, they 'handled it' for the women in his previous store by removing him from the workplace, but then they protected <em>him</em> by giving him a second chance and inflicting him on YOU! They protected him at YOUR expense. Since you're leaving anyway, I'd go for it, for the sake of your co-workers. Some of them may not be in a position to leave (they shouldn't have to!) and especially if he's a supervisor, they may be afraid to speak up and think they just have to put up with it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 220733, member: 1883"] OK, now I'm home and have more time. The State is very strict on matters of harassment and we have to sit through classes about it every year. The first thing you are supposed to do is to make it abundantly clear to the person that you find their comments and their behavior extreme offensive and demand that it stop. Make it very clear to them that if it occurs again, you will report it. If it stops there, fine. If it doesn't, report it. And document [I]everything[/I] ... what he said, when and where he said it, who else was around and might have overheard what he said. I've worked with people like this before too. He sounds like one of those really obnoxious ones who gets his jollies from talking dirty to women. In this case, this jerk[SIZE=1]off[/SIZE] has already had his first chance! If he was moved to your store as a second chance and he felt free enough to say something that outrageous to you, there's not much hope for him and his days are numbered anyway. The store certainly didn't handle it very well and has put themselves on shakey ground legally. They are [U]not[/U] liable if he harasses someone. But they [U]are[/U] liable if it is reported and they fail to take corrective action on it. They could be sued - big time! He should have been fired immediately. Instead, they 'handled it' for the women in his previous store by removing him from the workplace, but then they protected [I]him[/I] by giving him a second chance and inflicting him on YOU! They protected him at YOUR expense. Since you're leaving anyway, I'd go for it, for the sake of your co-workers. Some of them may not be in a position to leave (they shouldn't have to!) and especially if he's a supervisor, they may be afraid to speak up and think they just have to put up with it! [/QUOTE]
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