Member conferences and determinative hearings in sexual harassment disputes

After we receive an application to deal with a sexual harassment dispute and the responses from the other people involved, we consider what to do next.

Commonly, the Commission will hold a Member conference as a first step.

If the application does not settle at a Member conference, the next steps will depend on the type of application. If the aggrieved person:

• seeks orders to stop sexual harassment in connection with work, the Commission may hold a determinative conference or hearing
• has asked the Commission to otherwise deal with the dispute and the Commission has issued a certificate, if some or all of the parties agree to consent arbitration, this may be held as a determinative conference or hearing.