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Campaign launched to combat sexual harassment and coercion in fundraising

Fundraising magazine has launched a campaign – #AtWhatCost – to counter sexual harassment and coercion in fundraising. www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/think-tank-rogare-publishes-first-insights-into-gender-issues-in-fundraising.html As a result of a number of senior figures in the industry speaking out, others have come …

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Most LGBT employees have been sexually harassed at work, research finds

Research by the TUC has found that nearly seven in 10 (68%) LGBT workers have been sexually harassed at work. Its report, which claims to be the first major study into LGBT sexual harassment at …

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Oxfam reports progress on safeguarding

In setting out its latest progress report and global safeguarding data update following the Haiti scandal last year Oxfam reveals that it received 294 safeguarding reports across Oxfam’s group of 19 affiliated charities in the year …

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Case law updates

“Insufficient” investigation leads to UD award

A probation officer accused of developing an “abusive and controlling relationship” with a former offender has been awarded £57,500 for unfair and wrongful dismissal. Julia Hyland (JH), a probation officer at Cheshire & Greater Manchester …

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Tribunal criticises investigation into sexual harassment claim

An Employment Tribunal has found that a sales manager was sexually harassed by her managing director, having been asked multiple times for a massage and having been asked to sleep with him. Emma Woolf worked …

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Prison disciplinary record revealed

The Guardian newspaper has found that nearly 2,700 prison staff in England and Wales were disciplined between 2013 and 2018. Data from a Freedom of Information request revealed that more than a third of prison …

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