All public and private entities, and institutions are required to develop and implement their respective sexual harassment policy by the end of June 2024.
This was emphasised by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, at the opening of the new R.A. Williams Warehouse in New Brunswick Village, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on May 1.
The Sexual Harassment Protection and Prevention Act came into effect on July 3, 2023.
Specifically, the legislation addresses concerns about sexual harassment that is employment-related, occurring in institutions or arising in the landlord and tenant relationship.
“Since the law came into operation last July, the deadline for government and private-sector workplaces and institutions to develop and implement their policies is by the end of June this year. It means that every Ministry, every municipal corporation, every constituency office, every warehouse, every pharmacy, school, business and institution must have a sexual harassment workplace policy by the end of June this year,” the Minister said.