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Are You Being Sexual Harassment ?
Date Added : 05 Nov 2010
According to new research, 8% of women feel sexually harassed in the workplace but less than half report it. The poll of 1,496 women by HR consultancy Reabur also found that 11% of women have felt ‘victimised’ by their male boss. When asked why they had not reported the sexual harassment incident, 1 in 3 (32%) said they felt ‘it would affect their future career’ and a further 21% did not think that the complaint would be ‘taken seriously’. According to the research, 21% of those asked have had a male colleague make a sexist comment in the workplace, with 39% of them admitting that they wanted to make a formal complaint about the remark. 2% of those asked claim to have been touched inappropriately by a male colleague whilst at work, although only 14% of them had told anyone about the incident. 23%of them explained that they feared they might be seen as ‘overreacting.
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Mediation Case Study
Alice a manager in a large retail high street chain recently returned to work after maternity leave. Jan - her work colleague and close friend - had been given the responsibility of covering Alice's workload whilst she was on leave.Read More