TL;DR one coworker can be reported for sexually harassing another, but the girl is choosing not to???

She told me of the incident(s?) this guy has pulled in a "don't tell anyone else" way and I'm like

FUUUUUCK NOOOOOO

I just have to figure out an effective way of convincing her to not stay quiet and bring it up with our store manager as soon as she's back (this upcoming Monday)

The temporary SM that's doing our admin stuff once a week already knows about the crap Mr. Harasser has done. My coworker at least had the sense to tell him

I don't know if I should bring this up with my SM directly since 1. not directly involved 2. was never a direct witness 3. coworker didn't give me full details of what happened

Or just like... wait until they start asking me questions. For sure I'd fully cooperate. Mr. Harasser has been doing a ton of shit aside from sexual harassment that he shouldn't be.

Spends over an hour on his trips to the storage room doing who knows what. Forgets to give partners breaks. Belittles partners and gives backhanded compliments instead of asking nicely or coaching positively.

Apparently eeeeeveryone in the store has problems with this guy

Honestly I felt really alarmed and unsafe just from hearing my coworker's story

I don't want to work with a guy who will grope my coworker's tits in the storage room because no one can see and he "knows" she won't say anything

I don't want my fellow partners to work with a guy like that

Like holy fuck what if he's done this to other partners but they're too scared to say anything?

Fuck ever letting him into the storage room if I'm up there

There's no cameras inside or outside the storage room. I think the only camera in the area is pointed outward to the service hallway entrance and its broken doors

Wow no. Not acceptable. I'd tell the SM exactly that. That you don't know the full story and can't verify it but this is very alarming even if it was fake and cameras in the storage room might at least

help verify and/or stop it?

you should tell your sm

hawking coffee is not more important than workplace safety.

I want to tell SM asap, but I'm still concerned about the coworker who brought the issue to me first.

She said "don't tell anyone", but how can I not when the issue is so serious? Should I at least say something to my coworker first?

"Coworker, I appreciate that you trusted me enough to tell me this happened, but I can't keep quiet about it. If you won't tell SM, I will." or something equivalent

'don't tell anyone' means that she's scared of consequences of telling, which is normal for sexual assault and harassment victims. in this case though you can't stay silent.

just explain to her that it's a workplace safety concern that you feel it is your responsibility to let management know because there are policies in place to handle these situations

regardless of her answer, you need to tell the sm. this guy does not deserve to keep his job.

Ok, I had a feeling this is the way to go. I feel bad about her being scared, but I need to do it. Thank you for confirming my doubts

Hope I can contact my SM before I start working today. That guy is supervisor today until I start, so I can't use the office phone in this scenario

also if it helps, i believe it is your legal responsibility to report it, anyway. once you know of the harassment

-if you don't say anything, it's like you condone it so you're complicit in letting it happen

so it's really really really important you report it either way. it's the right thing to do

good luck <3

Thanks. Texting SM right now. The whole thing has me in tears for some reason lmao so I'm hoping she doesn't call