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• They have made a complaint about being discriminated against or harassed.
• They intend to make a complaint about discrimination or harassment.
• They have or intend to act as a witness or give evidence in support of another person(s) relating to a complaint about discrimination or harassment.

Victimisation may present in many ways. It may be that individuals are refused requests for time off, denied promotion or training, ignored by their manager or colleagues, criticised continually for their work, ‘messed around’ with respect to their work allocation or shift arrangement/days off and so on.

If this happens and an organisation does not take reasonable steps to prevent it, the organisation will be liable to pay compensations. Individuals who victimise may also be ordered to pay compensation.