(1)The Department does not have an approved sexual harassment and assault policy in place.
(a) A draft policy has been developed and submitted to the Departmental Bargaining Chamber (DBC) for consultation.
b) It is anticipated that the sexual harassment and assault policy will be approved in the 2018/19 financial year.
(i) Incidents of sexual harassment are reported through the normal grievance procedure.
(ii).The draft policy does not stipulate consequence management and sanctions. However, consequence and sanctions will be determined by the outcome of each case.
(2)
(a) (i) There were no cases of sexual harassment and assault reported in the past three years
(ii) There were no cases of sexual harassment and assault opened since 2017
(b) (i) N/A
(ii) N/A
(iii) N/A
(c) N/A