GLC CEO’s ‘massage me’ joke was sexual harassment, says Industrial Court

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Court chairman says this and several other incidents led the CEO’s secretary to quit, citing constructive dismissal.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/27/glc-ceos-massage-me-joke-was-sexual-harassment-says-industrial-court/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #SexualHarrassment #IndustrialCourt

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00:00A secretary to the CEO of a government-linked company was driven to resign after her boss

00:08uttered several remarks that were tantamount to sexual harassment, the industrial court

00:12ruled.

00:13Court Chairman Salahuddin Hidayat Sharif allowed the secretary's constructive dismissal claim,

00:18citing the CEO's request for a massage as one example of harassment.

00:22Despite witnesses from Construction Labor Exchange Center Berhad claiming the CEO was

00:27joking, Salahuddin maintained it was harassment per the employee handbook.

00:31The CEO is also said to have asked his secretary to book a connecting hotel room or rooms next

00:36to each other during a trip, told her over lunch that she could strengthen her current

00:40position if she did a certain thing, and instructed her to sit next to him in his car.

00:45Salahuddin criticized the company's handling of the secretary's complaints, noting the

00:48investigation committee's lack of independence and failure to question her.

00:53The court found the company's investigation inadequate, obstructing justice for the secretary.

00:58The claimant was awarded R158,760, made up of R136,080 in back wages and R22,680 in compensation

01:08in lieu of reinstatement.

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