Female security guard who was sexually harassed wins workers compensation

• Female security guard complained to her boss about sexual harassment
• She claimed a male co-worker said he wanted to ‘f*** her all day’
• But her boss said it was because she has ‘blonde hair and big boobs’
• Woman has won right to compensation at Industrial Relations Commission

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The woman, who was working for MSS Security at an Origin Energy site, has won the right to worker’s compensation after an appeal

A security guard who was harassed by co-workers who said they wanted to ‘f***’ her and rub chocolate over her body was told by her boss it was because of her ‘blonde hair and big boobs’, a commission has heard.

The woman, who was working for MSS Security at an Origin Energy site, has won the right to worker’s compensation after an Queensland Industrial Relations Commission appeal.

She told the commission she was ‘disgusted’ when a male co-worker told her he wanted to take her back to his room and f*** her all day in April last year, according to the Courier Mail¹.

The former security guard at the site in Queensland, west of Roma, also alleged the same man made graphic comments to her about a film he had just watched the following day.

But when she complained to her supervisor, she claimed he dismissed her comments saying: ‘What do you expect ?

You’re an attractive looking woman with blonde hair and big boobs’.

The supervisor claimed that he was just trying to build up the security guard’s confidence.

The former MSS Security employee claimed she felt ‘upset, isolated and excluded’ after reporting the comments.

She said she was subjected to unfair treatment and was diagnosed with depression and chronic anxiety.

The woman claimed one of her co-workers was kicking around a milk container when he said: ‘Let’s pretend this is (the woman’s) face and let’s see if I can smash her face’.

But the man later claimed that he was ‘only joking’.

The woman also claimed that one male co-worker suggested he should rub chocolate all over her body during a car journey with two other colleagues.

Industrial Commissioner Glenys Fisher found that the woman was subjected to ‘unwanted, inappropriate sexually explicit comments’ by the first co-worker and her supervisor.

He said the supervisor’s remarks were ‘entirely inappropriate’.

He also accepted that the supervisor told the woman that pursuing a complaint would cause problems.

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1. ^{^} Courier Mail (www.couriermail.com.au)

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