High Shelving is Sexual Harassment?
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Paranoid lawyers? An attempt to discredit anti-sexual harassment laws by suggesting that lawsuits may come from absurd claims?
Still, it was a frequent gag in old girlie cartoons.
A law firm in Scotland has issued warnings to employers not to store important files and documents on high sheves, as if found guilty they could be charged of sexual harassment since only tall people are able to reach them, and in general, men are taller than women.
“It may seem trivial but if more men than women are able to reach the shelf then this may be considered as a form of harassment,” the Scotsman quoted Louise Spark, an employment lawyer at Ledingham Chalmers, as saying.
Putting files on high shelves tantamounts to sexual harassment!