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Who to blame for the sexual harassment decision by employers

Many choose to blame the woman who launched the complaint. But here we say no, do not blame the woman.

The employer chose to accept her word and sack a man to avoid financial penalties.

If the law required the employer to acquire evidence that would convince a jury then the number of innocent men sacked would be much lower.

Frequently employers contrive cases against innocent men, which would be dismissed by a jury. But the employer can jury rig things to make it look as if an adequate investigation has been done.

Unfair dismissal does not re-open the original harrassment case, it merely asks whether the employer did an adequate investigation. And an unscrupulous employer can rig this.

Some have said that a company uses harassment as a pretext to get rid of dead wood. No No No, the HR department will want to sack a man, While the mans own department will want to keep him so ...

As it is many men, who could win cases for defamation of unfair dismissal decline to do so because of the costs involved. The l