Unclear if sexual harassment among public servants revealed in ‘alarming’ survey were reported
IT’S unclear whether any of the complaints made about sexual harassment in the NT public service have been escalated to ICAC or the police.
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IT’S unclear whether any of the complaints made about sexual harassment in the NT public service have been escalated to ICAC or the police.
The Sunday Territorian revealed a survey of 10,000 NT public servants found one in three workers had witnessed sexual harassment or bullying in the workplace.
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