Spring Hotels fired its Chief of Staff after learning that the National Police is investigating him in a case of alleged sexual harassment. The hotel chain reported yesterday that, “as reported through the media, We have opened a process for denouncing gender-based harassment against our former director of Human Resources».
The National Police investigates an alleged case of sexual harassment or crime against privacy as a result of the complaint filed by a dozen workers who do internships in establishments of this hotel group Located in Arona. The accusations of the employees are directed against a person who, allegedly, made recordings of them without their consent and for unknown purposes. In addition, he accessed without asking for permission the apartments in which these women temporarily resided.
The Spring Hotels chain explained yesterday that, “once the people affected informed us of the alleged facts, which we consider to be serious, the group’s management they activated the internal protocols immediately, which on January 4, 2023 led to the opening of an informative and disciplinary file with the consequent suspension of employment of the alleged perpetrator».
Faced with this situation and in order to clarify what happened, the company reported that “at this time the internal and police investigation is continuing, therefore we have no further details to offer in order not to hinder the process.”
support for victims
From Spring Hotels it was assured that, “waiting for the facts to be clarified, we can confirm that This type of behavior goes against the values of our group and we can only reproach her and cut her off at the root. The company shows its gratitude, respect and understanding “to the possible victims involved, who have our full support.”
Apparently, the man made audio and video recordings of the complainant workers when they were in their workplaces or in their offices. For such sound and image recordings, the defendant allegedly used a mini-camera hidden in a kind of pen or a similar device.
A dozen workers denounce that they were recorded at work and in the office
The sources consulted indicated that part of the staff suspected that the head of the Human Resources department was making recordings.
It is the circumstance that several of the complainants had their temporary residence in homes located in the vicinity of one of the hotel establishments that the Spring Hotels company has in Arona and the defendant had the keys, which he used to enter the apartments without their consent. , according to the complaints. He would do this when the interns were inside and would sometimes find him there when they arrived at his residence, according to the sources.
The already former director of Human Resources of the Spring Hotels Group was suspended from employment since the company learned of the filing of the aforementioned complaint, as confirmed by the company.
Spring Hotels is a renowned hotel group that has signed collaboration agreements with several training centers so that its students can carry out their internships in the company’s establishments. Currently, it has the Vulcano, Bitácora and Arona Gran Hogtel & Spa hotels. All of them located in the municipality of Arona.
