The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has reported that lower-paid health and social care workers in frontline roles experienced bullying, racism, and harassment at work during the Covid-19 pandemic but felt unable to raise …
Women’s rights charity the Fawcett Society has set out five pillars to change organisational culture to help prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. The pillars form part of a new employer toolkit developed ahead of the government’s …
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A survey conducted for the TUC by Britain Thinks has found that employee surveillance in the workplace has risen during the pandemic and now risks “spiralling out of control” Employee surveillance covers a wide range …
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Universities UK has issued important new guidance on how prevent and deal with staff-student sexual misconduct. The guidance calls for “clear policies” to be in place to tackle staff-to-student sexual misconduct, with those that report …
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Employers will shortly have a new duty to prevent violence and harassment in the workplace as part of an international agreement on labour rights signed by the government. The UK became the eleventh country to …
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Lloyd’s of London has issued the largest fine in its history against underwriting group Atrium for behaviour that included ‘systematic bullying’ and the sexual harassment of female staff on an annual ‘boys’ night out’. The …
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