‘Businesses must train their staff that pub “banter” and social media posts can amount to sexual harassment, the equality watchdog has warned in a letter to all major firms.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th January 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Doctors at a hospital accused of bullying its staff have told the NHS care regulator that they are too scared to report lapses in patient safety in case they end up facing disciplinary action.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The full extent of failings by the hospital trust at the centre of the largest NHS maternity scandal may never be known, it has emerged. The chair of the independent investigation into Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has warned that some records going back more than two decades may have been destroyed under NHS rules.’
The Independent, 28th November 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Tommy Robinson has appeared at the High Court over his comments about a Syrian refugee boy who was filmed being attacked at his school in Huddersfield.’
The Independent, 15th November 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A mixed race soldier is suing the MoD for £100,000 amid claims he was bullied after colleagues put up “racist” posters at an army base and nicknamed him Apu, the High Court has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has delivered its decision in the landmark case of Gilham v Ministry of Justice. In conferring the right to pursue whistleblowing complaints on judges – and for that matter all office-holders – it has opened a new frontier for the role of the European Convention of Human Rights in employment disputes.’
Cloisters, 16th October 2019
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘Women face sexual harassment and bullying at the British Medical Association, a scathing report has found.’
The Independent, 17th October 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The issue in the appeal was whether a District Judge qualifies as a ‘worker’ or a ‘person in Crown employment’ for the purpose of the protection given to whistle-blowers under Part IVA of the Employment Rights Act 1996. If not, was this discrimination against her in the enjoyment of her right to freedom of expression, protected by article 14 taken together with article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights?’
UKSC Blog, 16th October 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘A judge, who says she was bullied and had a breakdown after speaking out about government cuts, has won a landmark appeal at the Supreme Court.’
BBC News, 16th October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One in four young women are scared they will be sacked if they report sexual harassment at work, a study has found. Carried out by the Young Women’s Trust and released on the second anniversary of the #metoo movement, the research found that just 6 per cent of young women who had been sexually harassed at work reported the misconduct.’
The Independent, 15th October 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An army sergeant was demoted and detained for six months after punching and twisting the nipples of “raw recruits” to toughen them up, a tribunal has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Britain’s most senior female barrister has revealed that she kept quiet about sexual harassment for fear of ending career. Amanda Pinto QC, Chair-Elect of the Bar Council of England and Wales, said that she even suffered a sexual assault at the hands of a QC when she was a pupil in the 1980s but did not tell anyone for more than three decades.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Barristers feel they cannot talk about workplace harassment and bullying because such discussions could trigger self-reporting obligations, the Association of Women Barristers (AWB) has said.’
Law Society's Gazette, 2nd October 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Inappropriate behaviour by male barristers in robing rooms and at Bar messes “still abounds”, the Association of Women Barristers (AWB) has said.’
Legal Futures, 1st October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council has turned to artificial intelligence to help barristers report bullying and harassment quickly and anonymously.’
Law Society's Gazette, 9th September 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In workplaces bullying is more commonly purely psychological and rarely reaches levels of criminality. In such cases, non-discriminatory bullying could nonetheless find a workplace stress claim in the civil courts.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 28th August 2019
Source: hardwicke.co.uk
‘Young Chelsea players were targeted for years by a “prolific and manipulative sexual abuser” who was able to operate “unchallenged”, says a damning report.’
BBC News, 6th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “disproportionate” number of female and ethnic minority personnel in the armed forces file internal complaints, MPs have said.’
BBC News, 7th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Servicemen and women are facing “unacceptable” levels of inappropriate behaviour in part due to the “pack mentality of white middle-aged men” commanding the armed forces, a report says. A “significant number” of military personnel have experienced “bullying, discrimination and harassment, including sexual”, according to the research commissioned by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).’
The Independent, 16th July 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Only 33% of new partners at Europe’s biggest law firms are women with bias from both male colleagues and male clients the main reason for gender imbalance, a report has found.’
Legal Futures, 25th June 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
