The University of Yamanashi Prefectural University took disciplinary action against a professor in his 60s by reducing his salary on the grounds that he sent work-related emails to a colleague who was on medical leave and ignored him during a meeting, all of which constituted power harassment.
A female professor in her 60s at Yamanashi Prefectural University was punished with a pay reduction.
According to the university, in the three years up to September 2021, the professor sent one of her fellow faculty members emails about her work while she was on sick leave, and also ignored or did not allow her to attend meetings. It means that it was.
Information was received at the university's harassment consultation desk in December of last year, and after an investigation committee made up of lawyers and others conducted interviews with those involved, it was determined that the woman's professor had committed power harassment.
As a result, the university gave the professor a 1/10th pay cut and two months of disciplinary action effective February 1st.
The teacher who was victimized has already retired, and the professor who received the punishment has expressed remorse, saying, ``It wasn't my intention, but if that's how the other person perceived it, I should have thought about how to respond.'' about it.
The prefectural university said in a statement, ``While we have taken measures to prevent harassment, this is truly regrettable and we deeply apologize for the loss of trust.We take this seriously and will work to further strengthen our efforts to prevent it from happening again.'' Masu.
Former teacher who was victimized: ``There has been no apology whatsoever, and I am very angry.''
A former university teacher who was a victim of power harassment said in an interview with NHK, ``I have not received any apology from the university or the professor himself so far, and I am very angry.I fear that this punishment will be the end of everything.'' I'm concerned. I was forced to quit my job after the damage caused, and I was only interviewed once and there was no thorough investigation, so I can't accept this at all."