In 2002, within the framework of the law of social modernization, the fight against the
sexual harassment was strengthened by the installation of a repressive operative paragraph and the concept of
moral harassing made its appearance in our labor regulation.
Juridically, there is sexual harassment when a person subjected to an employee or a candidate at the time of recruitment of the stresses or pressures with a view obtain favors of sexual nature. The victims or witnesses of such acts profit from a protection.
In addition to the sexual harassment, the law also considers moral harassing.
Moral harassing with work always existed, but its
legal name is recent. The legislator intervened in January 2002 by introducing the concept of moral harassing into the labor regulation, and his repression in the penal code.
There are thus now
texts specifically sanctioning moral harassing with work. It can take various forms (refusal of communication, threats, “put at the wall cupboard”, degrading or humiliating work conditions).
The consequences for the victims can be serious (psychosomatic disorders, depressions, etc).
In right, all the employees undergoing or refusing to undergo intrigues concerned with moral harassing profit from a protection. The people who testify to such intrigues or report them are also protected. But it is necessary for all to determine if the qualification of moral harassing can be implemented indeed.
To know the rules concerning
moral harassing and the
sexual harassment, consult the syntheses carried out by our
lawyers, accessible on line (via our
emulator videotex terminal).