Woman forced to work alongside "sexual harasser" 5 months after complaint

A female security guard claims she was forced to work alongside a colleague who sexually harassed her, five months after reporting the issue to HR.

Chenoah Rose, who worked for Wilson Security at the Nauru detention centre, says nothing was done about the issue, and accuses her employers of not taking the claim seriously. Instead of instigating the proper measures, Rose alleges that Wilson promoted her harasser, forcing her to work alongside him for months, before later firing her after she was involved in a workplace injury.

In an interview with The Guardian, Rose said: “I was forced to keep working with the perpetrator and heard no more from Wilson about the issue until October 2014, after kicking up a fuss about it.

“The perpetrator has since been promoted. That’s the kind of culture we’re dealing with here. Bullying and sexual harassment are just rife, but there’s no one you can talk to and nowhere you can go to report it. The strain on workers is just huge.”