I'm Giancarlo Enrico S. Pozon, a Wushu instructor, investor and Barrister... That's right, Barrister; I graduated from law school and took the Bar Exams, now I'm waiting for the results. I created this blog to make Philippine Law easy to understand for the average person. It's all about free legal advice. There are many law blogs. But the problem is that many of them are written for lawyers and law students. They use words that can't be understood by ordinary people.
Many lawyers, judges and law students consider themselves as superior to most human beings because of their knowledge of the law. It bothers me since the law is supposed to serve society. Since the law is meant to serve society as a whole, it is important that is must be understood by everybody.
This does not mean that we should all become lawyers. It means that although law is a highly specialized profession, the first duty of everybody in this profession is to make the law understandable to all; that's why all these articles are free legal advice.
Like I said, this blog is about law -but it's for the ordinary people, not the lawyers. It's for the ordinary folk so they will know what is good and bad for them, and that making them aware of the law will help us all improve society as a whole. This is free legal advice for everybody!
Employers and heads of training/educational institutions are obligated to prevent and deter sexual harassment and, in the event of a violation, provide procedures for resolution, settlement as well as prosecution of the acts of sexual harassment.
Consequently, the following things must be done:
1.) Promulgate the appropriate rules and regulations prescribing the procedure for investigating sexual harassment cases and the administrative sanctions. They shall form part of the guidelines and proper decorum in the workplace or educational/training institution. These must be done in consultation with and jointly approved by the employees or students/trainees through their duly appointed representatives.
Note: Administrative sanctions will not bar the victim from filing suit in court.
2.) Create a committee on decorum and sexual harassment. The committee shall conduct meetings with officers, employees, teachers, instructors, coaches, trainers and students -as the case may be- to increase awareness and prevention of incidents of sexual harassment. It is also tasked to investigate cases constituting sexual harassment.
For a work-related environment, the committee shall be composed of at least 1 representative each from the management, union (if any,) supervisory employees and rank-and-file employees.
For a training/educational institution, it must be composed of at least 1 representative from the administration, trainers, teachers, professors, coaches, or instructors and students/trainees as the case may be.
The employer or administration of the training/educational institution is required to disseminate or post a copy of the law on sexual harassment for the information of all concerned.
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