Telling working mom to 'have husband care for child' is workplace harassment: court

The Korea Herald · Lee Seung-ku ·

Telling a female employee who has requested time off to “have your husband look after the child” constitutes workplace harassment, a Seoul court recently rule

Telling a female employee who has requested time off to “have your husband look after the child” constitutes workplace harassment, a Seoul court recently ruled.

The Seoul Administrative Court upheld a local district office’s decision to impose a one-month pay reduction on a senior official, and dismissed her lawsuit seeking to overturn the disciplinary measure, according to legal sources on Sunday.

A personnel committee at the district office in Seoul initially imposed a two-month pay reduction on the official over multiple instances of workplace harassment, according to court documents.

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