Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is prohibited under the Labour Law. All employers and managers of establishments in which child labourers or apprentices under eighteen years or women work must watch over their good behaviour and maintain their decency before the public.
The Criminal Code defines sexual harassment as when a person abuses authority from their functions to repeatedly pressure another to obtain sexual favours.
The Criminal Code defines sexual harassment as an act when a person abuses the power which is vested in him/her in his/her functions in order to put pressure again and again on other persons for sexual favours.
The Criminal Code criminalises sexual harassment, imposing penalties of six days to three months’ imprisonment and fines of KHR100,000 to 500,000 on offenders.
Sources: §172 of the Labour Law, promulgated by Royal Order No. CS/RKM/0397/01 of 13 March 1997 (amended in 2021), §250 of the Criminal Code
