A female lawyer lost her job after reportedly calling a young male employee by a nickname, which the company she worked for regarded to be sexual harassment.
The woman was fired by Kituo Cha Sheria, according to a Daily Nation newspaper, after the male employee claimed that she was calling him baby boy and boy lollipop.
Following the complaint that was filed in April 2022, the attorney lost her job in November 2022.
The attorney, whose identity has been suppressed for reasons of legal and decency, served as a program coordinator until May 2022, when she was fired.
To get her job back, she however took her employer to court.
“After being sacked, the woman sued Kituo cha Sheria, alleging unfair dismissal,” the Nation reported.
In court papers, the employer says the female lawyer nicknamed the male employee without his consent.
“It was concluded that the petitioner was involved in sexual harassment of an employee whom she had supervisory roles control over by repeatedly using the term “baby boy’ and ‘boy lollipop’ when referring to him without consent and through advances of sexual nature that were both verbal and physical,” Kituo Cha Sheria stated in court papers.
The Employment and Labor relations court is expected to make a ruling whether the nicknames were affectionate or a form of sexual harassment. It will also decide if her dismissal was lawful.
