DAOUI Adil

Maître Adil Daoui, a lawyer at the Casablanca Bar, addresses in this column a widespread issue both here and elsewhere: sexual harassment in the workplace. He sheds light on what the law says about this issue and explains how the Court of Cassation defines this notion, straddling the line between the Labor Code and criminal law.

The professional world has learned, with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that confined a large majority of the workforce, that technological tools must be used to adapt professional practices to current realities.

This includes teleworking or working from home, which can be considered an encroachment of the professional sphere on private life. The home, long reserved exclusively for personal activities, suddenly and often spontaneously became a workplace.

It goes without saying that being in a professional environment—whether it is the physical workplace, a closed office, an open space, or the privacy of one's living room while performing professional duties—employees remain bound by behavioral standards that govern their interactions.