Gerry McMahon is an acknowledged national expert in People Management. He has over 35 years’ experience - as a workplace investigator (on bullying/harassment/ disciplinary/dismissal/grievance issues), trainer, negotiator, facilitator, mediator, arbitrator and team builder - across a wide range of employment sectors. He is the M.D. of the H.R. training and advisory company Productive Personnel Ltd.
Gerry has also had an extensive range of books and articles published and been a columnist with the Industrial Relations News, Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, and Irish Independent and expert commentator on H.R./Employee Relations for R.T.E. and TV3/Virgin. He has also served on numerous Legal Island and C.I.P.D. judging panels and is a Council member of the Irish Association for Industrial Relations.
Contact: Tel. 087-2471415; E-Mail: ppl1gerry@gmail.com
Recent media coverage of workplace sexual harassment serves to confirm that the topic is not going away. Whilst Lois West was telling the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) about her sexual harassment experience at Garda Headquarters, the same forum was awarding an Indian chef €143,000 for a host of labour law transgressions, including near daily sexual harassment from colleagues. Shortly thereafter, a healthcare assistant was awarded €30,000 by the Commission, for ‘serious racial and sexual harassment which made her legitimately fear for her safety’.
Sexual Harassment Defined
The most comprehensive and explicit provisions pertaining to the subject of sexual harassment at work feature in the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s (IHREC) 2022 ‘Code of Practice
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