During 1-14 May 2021, the EOC put up posters at nearly 60 MTR stations to raise awareness of the protections against sexual harassment, disability harassment and racial harassment in common workplaces under the Sex Discrimination Ordinance, Disability Discrimination Ordinance and Race Discrimination Ordinance respectively.

Under the Ordinances, it is unlawful for a workplace participant to subject another workplace participant to sexual, disability or racial harassment at the workplace where they both work or attend. Workplace participants are defined to include employers, employees, interns, volunteers, partners in a firm, contract workers and their principals, as well as commission agents and their principals.

In practice, examples of common workplaces may include department stores where salespersons employed by different brands work, fundraising booths manned by NGO workers and volunteers, or auto trade shows attended by venue staff and models, etc.  

Download our explainer here to learn more about how the law defines sexual, disability and racial harassment.

• Download the EOC’s leaflet on protections against sexual, disability and racial harassment in common workplaces
• Download the leaflet in other languages