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POLICY FOR PROTECTION
AGAINST HARASSMENT
Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL) is committed to creating a working environment
where people can achieve their full potential. The Company’s policy on protection
against harassment is designed to provide:
Explanation
An environment where it physical and verbal
is clear that harassment Definition of harassment conduct,are not exhaustive.
is unacceptable, thereby For the purpose of this policy,
reducing the chance that harassment is defined as Gender-related
harassment will occur in the harassment
first instance; and a mechanism any unwelcome conduct or
to resolve complaints where comments which: violates an Examples include displaying
it is felt that harassment has individual’s dignity, and / or unacceptable behavior to a
taken place. creates an intimidating, hostile, man or a woman due to their
degrading,humiliating or gender through disparaging
Disciplinary action will be offensive environment. gender- related remarks and
taken to deal with actions Responsibility of all threatening behavior.
or behavior, intentional or
unintentional, which results in a employees Sexual harassment
breach of this policy. Examples include physical
All employees can help to:
Disciplinary action may also • prevent harassment by contact, unwelcome gender
be taken if allegations of being sensitive to the related jokes, inappropriate use
harassment are found to be of suggestive visual display
made with a malicious intent. reactions and needs of unit material,Intimidating
Harassment is not necessarily others, and ensuring that behavior such as asking for,or
confined to the behavior of their conduct does not offering,gender-based favors
seniors towards juniors;it can cause offence; In return for issues relating to
take place between colleagues • discourage harassment employment.
at the same level or involve by others through making Racial harassment
staff behaving in appropriately it clear that such conduct
towards more senior staff. is unacceptable, and Examples Include inappropriate
supporting colleagues and questioning and/or jokes about
It should be noted that peers who are taking steps racial or ethnic origin, offensive
harassment can also lead to stop the harassment. comments and intimidating
to civil and criminal claims behavior,including threatening
beyond the Company’s own The examples given below, gestures .
disciplinary proceedings. which include unacceptable
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