Since government officials and employees encounter gender issues everyday, the use of nonsexist language in preparing letters, memoranda and other communications will encourage us to make a conscious effort to avoid implicit and explicit discriminatory language against women and men. This, in turn, will help promote gender-sensitivity in the workplace.

R.A. 7877, an “Act Declaring Sexual Harassment Unlawful in the Employment, Education or Training Environment, and for other purposes” was approved on February 14, 1995 and became effective on March 5, 1995, fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Malaya and Times Journal on February 18, 1995. It is known as “The Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995.”

CODI is the Committee on Decorum and Investigation of Sexual Harassment Cases.The Committee shall be composed of at least one (1) representative each from the management, the accredited union, if nay, the second level employees, and from the first level employees, duly selected by the unit concerned.The Administrative Disciplinary Rules on Sexual Harassment Cases spells out in clear-cut terms the procedural and substantive requirements in pursuing sexual harassment cases, sets preliminary investigation to start within five days from receipt of a complaint and to be completed within 15 days thereafter.