Letter to Report Workplace Harassment

This Letter is used by an employee to report a case of harassment at the workplace. This employee that sends the letter is one that has been harassed by a co-worker at the workplace. Harassment is offensive conduct that can intimidate or humiliate a person. Nigerian law prohibits all forms of harassment and discrimination.

Harassment can be sexual or non-sexual. Examples of sexual harassment include an unwanted display of inappropriate images or videos, unwanted touching of any sensitive or private part of another, making unsolicited and improper sexual jokes, etc. Non-sexual harassment is any word or action that intimidates, threatens, or annoys another party, such as negative or racists comments that may be described as workplace harassment.

Many organizations have an Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy and Code of Conduct Policy which outlines acceptable conduct and practices at the workplace and also stipulates sanctions for a variety of offences or misconducts, harassment inclusive. The policy may also state the procedure for reporting incidents of harassment, which includes reporting the alleged offender to the management of the organization. Consequently, this document is perfect for an employee to report any issue of harassment to their supervisor or their employer.

How to use this document

This document is used by an employee who has been harassed by a colleague or co-worker at the workplace to report the harassment to their employee. This document is different from the Harassment Cease and Desist Letter, which is sent directly to the offender to discontinue the harassment.

This document is completed by entering all the required information in the blank spaces. After completing this document, this document should be downloaded and printed. The employee making this complaint should sign the letter and send it to their employer. Alternatively, this document may be sent as an email. In this case, it should be downloaded and should either be enclosed in the email or sent directly. The employee sending this letter should keep a copy of the letter for record purposes.

Note that there is no limitation of time when an employee can report workplace harassment. The employee can report the incident at any time after the harassment.

Applicable law

There is no law that specifies the procedure for handling harassment cases. However, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 prohibits every form of harassment and discrimination against persons.

How to modify the template

You fill out a form. The document is created before your eyes as you respond to the questions.

At the end, you receive it in Word and PDF formats. You can modify it and reuse it.