Workplace Harassment Faced by Residential (maids) Workers in Sialkot

Abstract

Sexual harassment is now recognized as a social problem. There are many housemaids facing with the sexual harassment problems at the work-place. Sexual harassment includes many types. Present research is aimed at finding out the problems and to give solutions of sexual harassment faced by the housemaids. In this study, the data was collected from 301 female workers. According to the housemaids, the problems they face include their behavior and being forced to do it. Findings suggest that a larger part (67.3%) of provocation was verbal while 22.7% was  physical. The ratio of sexual jokes and taunts faced by the housemaids at the workplace was alarming. To secure that’s housemaids are not subjected to that problem, it is important to create awareness and give punishment to criminals according to the law.