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Originally Posted by Xaccers
No, it's a managerial decision as to how to handle it. Nothing in law says "If person A hears something from person B which offends person A, then person B must be suspended before investigating"
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I never said there was a law that says person B must be suspended. My original statement was about the relevance of third parties overhearing and being offended. There is plenty in law that says that this is relevant - it is not just about the nature of the conversation between person A and person B and how they both perceived it.
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Um, the third person being the one asked why they think anything should be done when the two involved are perfectly happy with what occured would be in order.
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Um... pardon? In the final part of your post (#61) you referred to "the two [people] involved". When having conversations and banter in the workplace you need to consider who else may overhear. As somebody overheard there were not two people involved - there were three.
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Originally Posted by Will21st
Nope.complaining is up to the person the remark was aimed at.
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Nope. Plenty of company policies will disagree with you on that point. And anyone who overhears and is offended by the nature of the conversation has a right to raise a complaint. The complaint may not be upheld, but they still have a right to make it.