The Cabinet just pass the proposal by The Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC) on draft of legislation to the Cabinet today to try to prevent sexual harassment at state offices.
Regulations to be issued under the Civil Service Act 2008 covered five types of behaviour deemed to be sexual harassment in the workplace.
1) sexual or physical contact, such as kissing, holding or touching certain parts of the body.
2) sexualised talk, such as criticising or joking about body parts and telling dirty jokes to an unwilling audience.
3) sexual gestures, such as looking at others in a "sexual" manner.
4) communication with sexual content such as sending letters, messages or e-mails with pornographic content.
5) other actions deemed sexual and disturbing to others.
The regulations would cover state officials and people assisting the civil service, 381,000 state officials at 19 ministries and the offices of provincial governor offices nationwide. People "damaged" by such behaviour could file a complaint to supervisors, who would be authorised to assign officials via verbal or written orders. If complaints were considered to have grounds, a disciplinary committee would be set up to find out facts for judgement and determine appropriate punishment.
But the regulations would not cover teachers, educational personnel, university staff, members of the Army, police officials or judges.
The OCSC would publish handbooks for distribution to civil servants once the rules were approved.
The idea of this regulation was proposed once during Thaksin Shinnawatra administration. But the, then prime minister, afraid this regulation would just exaggerate the small issue. So, the proposal was swept under the table.
The idea of this regulation was proposed once during Thaksin Shinnawatra administration. But the, then prime minister, afraid this regulation would just exaggerate the small issue. So, the proposal was swept under the table.
info from The Nation
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