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Demand for Acas conciliation services on the rise

The Acas 2018/19 annual report has revealed a 21 per cent increase in the demand of its conciliation services. There were around 132,000 notifications of early conciliation in the past year, with 39,000 of those …

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Legal advice line launched to support sexual harassment victims

A new legal advice line, supported by a group of women’s charities and by the actress Emma Watson, has been launched as a response to the increased scale of complaints of sexual harassment and is …

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Parliamentary group calls for whistle blowing overhaul

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on whistle blowers – set up in 2018 to expose existing problems, change the negative treatment of whistle blowers and suggest practical solutions to deliver enhanced protection in the UK – …

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Retail staff report “inappropriate behaviour”at work

In a survey of over one thousand retail staff commissioned by law firm Foot Anstey and Survation, 11 per cent said they had experienced inappropriate touching of a sexual nature while at work from either …

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Home Office staff complain of discrimination at work

The Border Force and Immigration Enforcement agency has scored worst out of all government agencies and departments in a survey of personal experience of discrimination at work. One in five employees agreed with the statement …

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Badly handled investigation costs Scottish Government half a million

The Scottish government has had to pay former First Minister Alex Salmond £512k in legal costs following a badly handled investigation into allegations of sexual harassment.   The Scottish government had earlier admitted that it …

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