OBJECTIVE
ABM Knowledgeware Limited (“ABM”) is committed to creating a safe work environment that is free from any form of sexual harassment and where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. ABM is dedicated to maintain an environment which is free from coercion and intimidation.
ABM shall adopt certain procedures and guidelines to govern cases against sexual harassment. The procedure has been provided below in ABM’s policy against sexual harassment (“Policy”).
All allegations of sexual harassment shall be taken seriously by ABM and shall be governed by this Policy.
This Policy extends to all employees of ABM and is deemed to be incorporated in the service conditions of all employees and comes into effect immediately..
DEFINITION
Any behavior (physical, verbal, written, graphic, electronic, emotional, psychological or through gestures that offend) which has been defined as inappropriate by the Policy , whether intentional or not, which offends the dignity of the person towards whom the behavior is directed by fellow employee(s),supervisor(s),customer(s) or supplier(s) will be considered as sexual harassment and shall invite serious disciplinary action.
Sexual harassment would mean and include (whether direct or by implication) any of the following:
i. unwelcome sexual advances, requests or demand for sexual favours, either explicitly or implicitly, in return for employment, promotion, examination or evaluation of a person towards any ABM activity;
ii. advances involving verbal, non-verbal, or physical conduct such as sexually coloured remarks, jokes, letters, phone calls, e-mail, gestures, showing of pornography, lurid stares, physical contact or molestation, stalking, indecent exposure, physical contact, sounds, display of pictures, intrusive questions about a person’s private life or body, signs, insults or taunts based on sex, obscene communication, verbal or non-verbal communication which offends the individuals sensibilities and affect her/his performance;
iii. eve teasing, innuendos and taunts, unwelcome invitations to go out, suggestive comments or jokes, physical confinement against one’s will and likely to intrude upon one’s privacy;
iv. act or conduct by a person in authority which creates the environment at workplace hostile or intimidating to a person belonging to the other sex;
v. conduct of such an act at work place or outside in relation to an employee of ABM, or
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vice versa during the course of employment;
vi. any unwelcome gesture by an employee having sexual overtones;
vii. physical contact and advances;
viii. a demand or request for sexual favours;
ix. Staring, leering or unwelcome touching;
x. Suggestive comments or jokes;
xi. sexually coloured remarks;
xii. showing pornography;
xiii. any unwelcome sexual activity tied to employment decision or benefits; and
xiv. any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature.