According to a study by Tufts University in the United States, at the
launch of the Better Work Haiti programme, around one-in-three garment
workers, the majority of them women, reported problems with sexual
harassment at their workplace. This is a notoriously difficult and
sensitive issue to uncover during compliance assessments. Better Work
Haiti has strengthened its policies to prevent sexual harassment by
publicising the types of behaviour considered to be harassment, as well
as zero-tolerance policy. All workers and employers, including middle
and top management, received compliance training regarding this Zero
Tolerance Policy and methods to prevent sexual harassment.
In addition, labour inspectors joined this group of trainees. In our
2019 assessments, 6% of factories reviewed indicated that workers had
been subject to sexual harassment.
“Factories must ensure that zero-tolerance policies against sexual harassment are well communicated and well understood by all workers and do not remain on paper and simply displayed on a notice board.” Pierre André, factory worker
“Before, there was a supervisor who was harassing a worker. The worker complained. The management found that it was true, and the person was fired.” A bipartite committee member
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