Men - have you ever been sexually harrassed at work?

[Red Cat]

He's been sacked. There is no evidence of sexual harassment but he was offered 6 weeks rather than 2 weeks pay having failed his probation.

There is no case here, people are letting their wish to be helpful and to show their expertise cloud the matter. He'd have been better taking the 6 weeks pay and getting on with finding a new job, for reasons both financial and emotional.

 

[Silas Loom]

He's been sacked. There is no evidence of sexual harassment but he was offered 6 weeks rather than 2 weeks pay having failed his probation.

There is no case here, people are letting their wish to be helpful and to show their expertise cloud the matter. He'd have been better taking the 6 weeks pay and getting on with finding a new job, for reasons both financial and emotional.

If he honestly believes that he has been victimised by a senior employee who developed an inappropriate interest in him and then sabotaged his career, and he is able to convince the employer that he might devote all his time and resources to acting on that belief, he might be able to get more than the extra six weeks. We don’t know enough about the circumstances to say whether there is a case or how frit the employer actually is.

Your advice that there is no case should be taken with as much of a pinch of salt as advice to the contrary, which at least is coming from former union reps and people who have sat on both sides of the desk in commercial environments. There’s no substitute here for paid professional advice of course.

 

[Petcha]

He's been sacked. There is no evidence of sexual harassment but he was offered 6 weeks rather than 2 weeks pay having failed his probation.

There is no case here, people are letting their wish to be helpful and to show their expertise cloud the matter. He'd have been better taking the 6 weeks pay and getting on with finding a new job, for reasons both financial and emotional.

They've confirmed they're going to give me the full ex-gratia payment plus my two weeks notice. Which amounts to 6 weeks. They've also said they'll 'contribute' £500 to a settlement agreement. I'm unfamiliar with this. What's the £500 for exactly?

Hi xxxxxx,

Further to our conversation yesterday I am writing to confirm that xxxxxx will offer you an ex-gratia sum of £x,xxxx. Given the turn of the conversation yesterday and the allegations made, this ex-gratia sum will now be subject to you signing a settlement agreement. xxxxxx will contribute a maximum of £500 towards the review of the settlement agreement.

 

[Silas Loom]

The £500 enables you to get an independent lawyer to review it, I would have thought. Pretty standard.

They’ll also be better qualified than anyone here to advise you on whether it’s worth playing hardball over the number of extra weeks pay. That conversation is covered by employer’s funding but any further support obviously wouldn’t be.

 

[Sweet FA]

No, I didn't. I told them to talk to the CEO. As my allegations hadn't been passed on beyond my line manager. And said I wanted 13 weeks, not 6. I've been sent a holding email.

Would you have taken the money?

No I wouldn't. Have you got records of the times you reported?

eta - ignore me, just caught up with the last page