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Title: Sexual Harassment Prevention Act CH
Category: Ministry of Health and Welfare(衛生福利部)
Chapter 2 Sexual Harassment Prevention and Responsibility
Article 7
The government agencies (entities), troops, schools, institutions or employers shall take the following preventive measures to prevent sexual harassment from occurrence in the belonged public areas, and places open to the public.
1. If the number of the organization's members, employees or personnel receiving the service reaches over ten, an access to sexual harassment grievance system/procedure for mediation and handling should be established; and
2. If the number of the organization’s members, employees, or personnel receiving the service reaches over thirty, methods for sexual harassment prevention shall be formulated and disclosed to the public.
Upon awareness of any incident of sexual harassment taking place in the places referred to in the preceding paragraph, the government agencies (entities), troops, schools, institutions or employers shall take the following valid corrective action and remedial measures, and keep caring the safety and privacy of victims.
1. Help victims with filing a grievance and preserve the related evidence;
2. If necessary, assist in notifying the police to address the case on the site; and
2. Review the safety of the place where it belonged.
After knowing the incident of sexual harassment, the government agencies (entities), troops, schools, institutions or employers shall take corrective actions and remedial measures referred to in the subparagraph 3 of the preceding Paragraph.
In order to prevent and address incidents of sexual harassment, the central competent authorities shall specify standards of sexual harassment prevention, including patterns of sexual harassment, principles of sexual harassment prevention, accesses to sexual harassment grievance system/procedure, training programs of sexual harassment prevention and other relevant measures.
Article 8
The government agencies (entities), troops, schools, institutions or employers referred to in the preceding Article shall organize regular educational training about sexual harassment prevention or encourage their staff to join the training.
Article 9
During the course of grievance, investigation, detection or trial procedure for incidents of sexual harassment, no discriminatory treatment should be given against any person that filed a grievance, complaint, report, lawsuit, testimony, assistance or other participation by the government agencies (entities), troops, schools, institutions or employers.
Those who violate the regulation of the preceding Paragraph shall be liable for damages.