The chairperson notified that the line of command in which action is to be taken in accordance to UPB’s sexual harassment & violence policy will be as follow:

A formal complaint form to be prepared by the Secretary which will then be translated into Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Tamil. This complaint form will be distributed to the respective representatives at the next meeting which, in turn, must be distributed to the sub-committee members. A worker who has a grievance, sexual or violent in nature, should obtain the form from one of the sub-committee members and either complete it herself or request the assistance of the sub-committee member to fill it up.

The complaint form is to be submitted to the respective Head of Department and copied to the Gender Committee. Appropriate action should be initiated by the Head of Department. The committee decide that if the issue is not resolved in 2 weeks from the date of complaint or if the victim is unhappy with the way the issue is dealt with at the department level, the Gender Committee will bring this case up to the Group Manager Human Resources, Environment and Safety & Health. The Group Manager Human Resources, Environment and Safety & Health has been given the mandate by the Chief Executive Director to address all unresolved issues pertaining to sexual harassment and violence.

In-house training for our female employees on elimination of all forms of Discrimination against women (CEDAW) in line with the United Nations Convention 1979.