Korean survivor fights for workplace harassment 'justice'
Kept in the dark after reporting her boss for harassment, Korean advocate Baek Song-yi is now campaigning for survivors' right to know how their bullies were disciplined. Baek, 40, experienced first-hand a troubling paradigm in Korea's workplace harassment response, with victims often expected to keep silent while employers have no clear legal duty to tell them how their cases ended. At her…
Korean advocate Baek Song-yi, 40, has spoken out about her experience with workplace harassment in Korea, where victims are often expected to remain silent about their abuse. After reporting her older male boss for harassment at a US firm with overseas offices, Baek was subjected to a confidentiality agreement that threatened her job if she disclosed any information about the investigation.
Despite refusing to accept this agreement, the company still declined to reveal the outcome of the case, citing privacy laws. Baek is now advocating for survivors to have the right to know how their harassers were disciplined.
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