This document discusses harassment in the workplace. It defines harassment as unwanted conduct related to attributes like race or sexual orientation that creates a hostile environment. Workplace is defined as any location where work is conducted. Types of harassment include bullying, sexual harassment, racial harassment, religious harassment, and disability harassment. Common examples and behaviors of harassment are also outlined. The document also discusses Pakistan's laws against harassment, punishments, strategies for prevention, and corrective actions employers can take.

2. GROUP MEMBERS
M.Waseem Zahid
Nasir
Kalsoom
Maryam Noureen
Rabia Aziz
Presented To:
Mr.Ghulam Farid

3. What is Harassment?
Harassment is the unwanted conduct of race, sexual
orientation etc. it has the purpose to affect others and
creating effective environment for the others
OR
It can be simply defined as any act which makes opposite
gender to feel uncomfortable

4. What is Workplace?
Workplace’ has been defined as:
“Place of work or the premises where an organization or
employer operates and includes building, factory, open area
or a larger geographical area where the activities of the
organization or of employer are carried out and including
any situation that is linked to official work or official activity
outside the office”

5. Types of Harassment?
o Bullying
o Sexual Harassment
o Racial harassment
o Harassment of religion
o Harassment of Disability

6. WHY DOES SEXUAL HARASSMENT TAKES PLACE
o Males take advantage of girls vulnerability, fear to tell parents and
career concerns of a girl
o Wrongdoer fearlessly continue with their immoral activities and
as a result many innocent women commit suicides
o Many women are also unaware of the laws which are made for
the protection of their life and liberty due to lack of education
and awareness. This is the major drawback which provokes the
harassers and oppressors to confidently do their lustful acts
without the fear of any legal consequences

7. Common Examples of Harassment
 Harassment by a male supervisor of a female
subordinate.
 Harassment by co-workers based on a “hostile
work environment

8. Harassment Behavior
 Mainly 3 types of behavior can be considered as
harassed behavior
 Verbal: offensive comments, inappropriate
comments about someone body, flirting etc
 Visual :elevator eyes(look upside to down),wrong
gestures
 Physical: unwanted touching, block movement,
patting,pinching etc.

9. Hostile Work Environment
 Hostile work environment leads to sexual
harassment
 Verbal, physical or visual forms of harassment, that are
sexual in nature and are unwelcomed, fall under the
category of Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment.
 A single, severe incident, such as a sexual assault, could
create a hostile environment. More commonly, a "hostile
environment" is created by a series of incidents

10. Effects

11. LAW against Harrasment
Pakistan Penal Code:
In March 2010, the government passed two
laws against sexual harassment in the workplace.
 The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act
 The Code of Criminal Procedure

12. Punishment of Harrasment
Section 509 of PPC defines punishment of harassment as
Imprisonment of up to three years or a fine of 500,000 rupees or both
Other sections of this law prevents:
 Obscene acts and songs
 Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
 Assault or use of criminal force to woman and stripping her of her clothes

13. STRATEGIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF HARASSMENT
o Sexual Harassment Policy
o Train employees
o Anti-Harassment Campaigns
o Laws Against Sexual Abuse

14. STRATEGIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF HARASSMENT
o Monitor enforcement of anti-harassment
policy
o Monitor enforcement of anti-harassment
policy
o Monitor enforcement of anti-harassment
policy
o Protect individuals against retaliation
o Take a corrective action IMMEDIATLEY

15. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
TO ENSURE THAT HARRASSMENT DOES NOT RECUR
oral or written warning or reprimand
transfer or reassignment
demotion
reduction of wages
suspension

16. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
TO ENSURE THAT HARRASSMENT DOES NOT RECUR
discharge
training or counseling of harasser to ensure that he
or she understands why his or her conduct violated
the employer’s anti-harassment policy; and
monitoring of harasser to ensure that harassment
stops

17. PREVENTION
SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS NOT YOUR FAULT.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN NOT ABOUT SEX.
It is about...
POWER!

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19. Do you think Harassment Cases reduce by making this
panel code section act 509 in Pakistan?
40%
50%
10%
Percentage
YES
NO
No comments

20. What do you think Courts give proper justice to
harassment victim ?
30%
70%
Percentage
YES
No

21. Steps to File a Complaint
Let the harasser know that his/her conduct is
unwanted and unwelcome.
Go to harasser’s supervisor and explain the
circumstances. Be sure to take with you documented
dates, times, and specific occurrences if you have
them

22. Work place Harassment Facts
 50 - 70% of women
 5 -10% of men sexual harassment in the work
place.
 Approximately 14,000 cases sexual harassment
 (NCSW) in May 2010 on the directive of Prime
Minister in Pakistan.
 NCSW reports
 Currently 13% of claims involve females filing
against men supervisors.

23. Women Employee Responsibilities
 Say “NO” clearly
 Document what happened
 Report the harassment
 Review your personnel file
 Use the grievance procedure at work
 Involve your Union.
 Fill a discrimination complaint with a Government
Agency.
 File a lawsuit

24. Conclusion
 Create a safe and sound environment for the people
 Eradication of all the indecent and offensive sexual exertions
 The felons and wrongdoers must not be pardoned.They must be
punished and penalized in such a way that it becomes an example and
warning for the other people
 The young and confident girls must be protected by the state from any
kind of harm or aggravation that would endanger and jeopardize their
careers, life, confidence and self-esteem.
 The infliction and misfortune that has already been caused should not
continue and shattered souls must be cured by building up a society
free from sexual frustration.