In the latest NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard Report almost a third of black, asian and minority ethnic (BAME) NHS staff reported having been bullied, harassed or abused by colleagues in the past year. Fewer than …
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Employment tribunal (ET) judges have been criticised for not exercising their power of early dismissal for claims unlikely to succeed despite a growing backlog of cases. Judges are able to dismiss a claim that is …
A survey commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, the biomedical research funder, has found evidence of discrimination and widespread bullying and harassment amongst scientists, contributing to “shocking levels” of stress and mental health problems. The research …
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The regulator for Universities, the Office for Students (OfS) has put forward the possibility of requiring a university to address harassment and sexual misconduct as a condition of its registration (). This would mean they …
The CIPD has published a comprehensive report Managing conflict in the modern workplace. It is based on findings that demonstrate a serious problem of bullying and harassment in UK workplaces and the devastating impact unfair …
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A survey by the mental health charity MIND has found that more than two in five people with mental health conditions are unaware that this could be classed as a disability, and that they could …
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