If you make a complaint about sexual harassment at work, it’s important to know that the person looking into your complaint is not allowed to consider any information about your past sexual experiences or what people say about you sexually. This rule is there to make sure that the focus stays on what actually happened in the situation you’re complaining about, and not on your personal life or reputation.
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115A: Notifying controlling third party of personal grievance, or
“Telling someone else who might be responsible for a problem at work”
117: Sexual or racial harassment by person other than employer, or
“What to do if someone else at work or a customer bothers you in a sexual or racial way”
Where a personal grievance involves allegations of sexual harassment, no account may be taken of any evidence of the complainant's sexual experience or reputation.
