Apprentice wins sexual harassment case against male boss

Apprentice wins sexual harassment case against male boss
Ewin Hannan | November 18, 2008
Article from:  The Australian

A MALE boss sexually harassed a male apprentice by repeatedly inviting him to shower with him, touching his genitals, and grabbing him from behind while simulating sex and making pig noises.

Christopher Thomas won $35,000 in damages after a tribunal found his former boss, Dean Alexiou, sexually harassed him between 2003 and 2006.

The tribunal found Mr Alexiou appeared to be motivated by either a desire to bully Mr Thomas in front of his co-workers, or a belief his behaviour was an appropriate form of workplace horseplay.

The harassment started soon after Mr Thomas began work as a 17-year-old apprentice engine reconditioner for the Melbourne company Westpoint Cylinder Heads in January 2003.

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