Moderators Moderator_02 Posted February 16, 2018 Moderators Share Posted February 16, 2018 Quote Workplace harrassment law in place Posted on February 15, 2018 in Panama Ana Matilde Gomez Post Views: 85 A LAW governing sexual and moral harassment, racism and sexism in the workplace takes effect in Panama on February 16. All employers, public institutions and official education centers or individual will have “the responsibility” to establish an internal policy that prevents, avoids discourages and punishes harassing behavior, sexual or moral harassment, racism and sexism. The new norm was sanctioned by President Juan Carlos Varela, and published in the Official Gazette on February 15, 2018. Under the law employers, schools and public institutions must implement counseling, guidance and publicity programs on the prohibition of the listed behavior They must establish, through internal labor regulations, collective agreements or orders an adequate and effective internal complaint and resolution procedure. The law was proposed by independent deputy Ana Matilde Gómez in February 2015, and approved by the National Assembly in April 2017. Another important point of the sanctioned law is the establishment of the definition of the terms harassment, racism and sexism. It also protects people who file complaints about cases of harassment or racism. False denunciations will be punishable, http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/workplace-harrassment-law-place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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