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Almost six months ago I posted a story about Haley Tansey. Tansey was the Halifax, UK HBOS worker who last year filed a sexual harassment claim against her former employer citing repeated sexual harassment from as far back as 1998. In one incident, Tansey claimed she awoke in her hotel room one night to find a male colleague sitting in a chair in the corner. The colleague then went into the bathroom and emerged a short time later – completely naked.
This week the employment tribunal reviewing Tansey’s case accepted her version of events, but ruled that she should have spoken up sooner. Tansey didn’t complain until August 2007 – the time limit for reporting sexual harassment claims is three months after each incident. The tribunal stated, “Although the tribunal understood that it is difficult for a woman who has been subjected to sexual harassment to make a complaint, it was satisfied in this case that Mrs Tansey’s reasons for delaying so long before taking action were not such that it was just and equitable to extend time.”
Damian McCarthy, representing HBOS, told the tribunal: “This is not a claimant who is a cowering wallflower.” He added, “It’s a claimant who did not actually believe these were acts of sexual harassment at the time.” Tansey is considering appealing the ruling.
Read the full story here.
