Hearing sexual harassment cases


THE Anti-Sexual Harassment Act 2022 (Act 840), which was gazetted on Oct 18, 2022, took effect on March 8, 2023.

Recently, the Tribunal for Anti-Sexual Harassment (“Tribunal”), established pursuant to the Act, issued its first ever award involving physical sexual harassment by a male employer towards a female employee.

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