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Recent research on bullying and sexual harassment at work gives further warnings to employers

Law firm Royds Withy King has warned of an continuing increase in sexual harassment at work due to hybrid working. Its survey of 100 financial services’ employers has found that, despite switching to more remote work, just 10 …

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One in five have no “sense of belonging” at work, research finds

Research by global recruitment specialist Randstad and YouGov has shown that one in five of the UK’s workforce feel they don’t belong at their place of work. The study, based on the views of nearly …

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Significant increase in Whistleblowing among Charities

The Charity Commission has published its latest disclosures on whistleblowing in 2020-2021.  There has been a 75% in the numbers of whistleblowing disclosures compared to the previous reporting period for 2019-2020. The primary issues raised were …

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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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Durham University accused of “culture of apathy” towards bullying and harassment

Students and staff at the University of Durham have accused management of showing a “culture of apathy” towards bullying and harassment and allowing such “abuses of power” to continue”. They stated that they no longer …

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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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