The first decision in Greece for sexual harassment of a male employee by his supervisor – The chronicle of the case

In front of the cold cuts refrigerators, he testified, he was suddenly and inappropriately gestured at by his supervisor. The lawsuit he filed at the Municipal Court of First Instance of Rhodes is not limited to this particular scene. Two months earlier, in February, he had received a cell phone message with vulgar sexual content from the same man. The case reached the hearing and the Rhodes Court of First Instance issued its judgment on 3 September 2025. For the first time in a court judgment, it was recognized that a male employee had been a victim of sexual harassment in the workplace, that his dignity had been violated and that he was entitled to restitution.