The Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) will ask the Office of the Ombudsman for Women (OPM) to rescind the $30,000 fine it intends to impose on the group for not having workplace and sexual harassment protocols.
Juan Dalmau, former senator of PIP, the party made and submitted the protocols to the OPM. “The regulation of the Office of the People’s Advocate provides that when the People’s Advocate requests that the protocols or regulations be submitted in accordance with the relevant law, if these documents are not submitted, the fines continue, but if the documents are submitted, then the fines. remain without effect. We will make our respective presentation, but of course there is an abuse of what is the law”, said Dalmau.
The complaint was disclosed on Tuesday and bears the signature of the outgoing Women’s Advocate. Lersy Boria. The complaint was filed on August 5, the very day Boria resigned his post to transfer to a position at the State Department.
According to the document, he is charged with an administrative fine of $10,000 for violating Act 17 of 1988, which requires employers to have a harassment-free workplace and a protocol for handling such cases. Also, imposes another fine of 10,000 dollars for non-compliance with the public policy of Law 20 of 2001, not fulfilling the legal obligation to promote policies in favor of women; and the third fine, $10,000, is for violating Act 90 of 2020 by not having a necessary internal protocol or policy to prevent, discourage and avoid harassment in the workplace.
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