Harassment continues to pester courts

摘要

1. The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 can still be effective in providing a civil remedy for workplace harassmentrn2. To amount to harassment, conduct must be 'oppressive and unacceptable'. Unreasonable behaviour is not sufficientrn3. Context is all important. 'What might not be harassment on the factory floor or in the barrack room might well be harassment in the hospital ward and vice versa' (per Gage U in Conn v Sunderland City Council).