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Research perspectives

Charities lose out to fraudsters

Charities have lost £8.6m to fraudsters in the last year, according to data analysed by Action Frau and published by the Charity Commission to mark Charity Fraud Awareness Week. Action Fraud collated 1,059 separate incidents …

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Report shows extent of online sexual harassment

A report from the Fawcett Society has found that 45 per cent of women who had experienced harassment encountered it online through sexual messages, cyber harassment and sexual calls. Almost a quarter of women who had been …

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Experience of toxic workplaces extensive, study shows

A study by online printer Instaprint has found that 70% of the  employees responding to their survey had worked in a toxic workplace environment at some stage of their career. Key identifiers of such an …

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“Long Covid” is a disability and causes discrimination, TUC report claims

A report from the TUC has found that a majority of people  (52%) who had  self-reported as having “Long Covid” – the condition where those who have contracted Covid-19 still experience a wide range of symptoms months …

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Age discrimination cases rise sharply at Tribunals

The number of age discrimination complaints to employment tribunals increased by 74% in the past year, new research has suggested. According to Rest Less, a website “community” for people over-50, the number of receipts under …

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TUC research points to employment downside of AI

TUC research has found that the use of ‘objective’ artificial intelligence (AI) is more likely to exacerbate discrimination and unconscious bias in the workplace and open up employers to complaints and legal challenges. The study …

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