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Should store management 'hit on' junior staff?

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porfavour | 08:21 Sun 21st Jan 2007 | Jobs & Education
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I know a member of management of a large supermarket chain (Tesco), he is 30 years old, and although divorced is no longer interested in ladies his own age. He seems to consistently pursue the 16 year old Saturday girls.
Is he abusing his position as their manager, or am I just being 'old fashioned' in believing he has a duty of care and responsibility towards his junior members of staff, which are still at school?
He does not appear to have any female friends of his own age, so tends to socialise with the 'school-set'..
He did once complain to me that he has been moved from several strores for getting into physical relationships whith staff, yet this does not seem to have detered him. I have suggested he 'stay out of kindergarten', but he has ignored my warnings and still charms the youngsters with his fast car and senior position.
Should I contact Tesco Headoffice or should I leave well alone?

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in my opinion you should contact head office. if he's been moved from store to store because of relationships with staff then my guess is he's been warned one too many times. he could get into alot of trouble if what he's doing goes any further. If I were you, I'd contact your area manager AND/OR head office anonymously and complain about him.
Agree with Loukr. If the chap were managing, say, a college shop, and was making passes at students in this way, he would be disciplined, maybe sacked.

I don't know about a 'duty of care', but he does have a responsibility towards all his staff to maintain a safe working environment and, I would imagine, an atmosphere conducive to teamwork. Whether his attentions towards the girls are welcomed by them or not, the team dynamic must surely be hindered by it. If you are concerned, then other members of staff must surely be aware of what's happening.

I'm sure if you contact his managers, they'll treat the matter discretely. Better than him being had up for assault by one of the girls or her parents. Tesco not acting on this contact and then something serious happening could result in a lot of bad publicity for them, which they can hardly afford right now.
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Thank you, both loukr and saxy_jag, your replies to my question reflected my thoughts when I asked AB.
I wasn't sure where to put my question so also sent it to Body and Soul, Relationships and Dating.
I seem to have stirred up a 'hornets nest', one of the replies was so offensive AB has removed it, so think I will keep my thoughts to myself.
I don't work with the man, he is a neighbour, so have no involvement in the company he works for. If he was a colleague, I would definitely have dealt with him in the ways you suggested.
I am sure at some stage in his career he will pick the wrong girl and be dismissed for 'sexual harassment'.

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