Sexual harassment has no place in the workplace #ThisIsNotWorking
We call on the government to take immediate action. We demand a new, easily enforceable legal duty requiring employers to take all reasonable steps to protect workers from sexual harassment and victimisation.
We demand:
- Compulsory guidance to explain exactly what employers need to do to prevent harassment – things like mandatory training
- Ability to report anonymously to the regulator, bypassing toxic workplace environments that leave victims unable to speak out
- Consequences for employers who don’t comply with the measures, making sure the onus lies with employers and not with the victim.
Managers didn’t seem to care. A lot of them laugh it off because they see it as a joke. Within two years, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been harassed.
It should not be down to the individual to prevent and manage their harassment alone.
We believe, just like health and safety measures protect us from risks to our wellbeing, employers need to protect us from harassment, whether it comes from a colleague or from a third party such as a client, customer, or patient.
We are not alone
All these organisations also think #ThisIsNotWorking and it's time the government took immediate action.
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Accord |
FDA |
Stonewall Survivors UK Times UP UK UCU Unison UK Black Pride Unison Unite UK Black Pride USDAW War on Want Women's Aid Young Women's Trust |