At a time when so many people have doubts that pulling the levers of government actually makes any difference anymore, the way we organise and fund those

Author Laura Bates tells MPs schools have paid PR firms to deal with the fallout but have not done anything to protect the victims or punish the perpetrator.

Anna Bull and Kelly Prince explain a new toolkit offering practical guidance to address the unique risks that PGRs face over harassment and sexual misconduct

As the industry comes together this week to celebrate Day of the Seafarer and promote the theme #MyHarassmentFreeShip, mental health…

Judge says company’s decision was based on ‘brief’ witness statements and there were ‘very limited grounds’ to sustain the misconduct finding

An employment tribunal has awarded more than £140k in damages to an employee after accepting claims of discrimination, harassment due to age and disability, victimisation and unfair dismissal.

Government publishes the Employment Rights Bill Implementation Roadmap, setting out timelines for measures in the Bill coming into effect. ·

The BBC said the 60-year-old was sacked from MasterChef as 50 more people came forward with fresh claims - including allegations he groped a member of staff

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University are aiming to uncover the true extent of bullying and sexual harassment within the UK’s research and innovation sector.

Harassment and sexual misconduct have no place on our university campuses, nor in wider society. Yet, both continue to be pervasive. The Office for National Statistics reports that 1 in 10 people aged...

Higher education institutions in England face a pivotal moment to strengthen responses to harassment and sexual misconduct. Amy Clarke and Neil Chakraborti explain how their research offers an opportu...

Portuguese investigators find no evidence of sabotage, with mechanical or maintenance issues among possible causes * ‘Someone needs to answer for what happened’: Lisbon reacts to streetcar crash that killed 16 Portuguese accident investigators are due to release their preliminary report into the funicular railway crash that killed 16 people and injured 21 others on Wednesday evening. The accident, described by the country’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, as “one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history”, happened shortly after 6pm when one of the Elevador da Glória’s two streetcars derailed and hurtled down a hill and into a building in the centre of the Portuguese capital. Continue reading...

On 31st July 2024, the Office for Students decided to create a stricter, more interventionist policy on harassment and sexual misconduct in universities. With the policy set to come into force from 1s...

Adml Sir Ben Key has now stepped down over allegations of relationship with junior colleague

Gavin Boa will now be put on the sex offenders register and has lost his job at the Scottish Ambulance Service.

SaferSpace is a digital reporting and governance platform, first developed in 2024 and refined in partnership with EducationScape, to support schools in meeting statutory responsibilities, while foste...

The Qatar-owned department store has increased maximum payments to survivors of Mohamed al Fayed’s sexual abuse to closer to £400,000 under a redress scheme to be launched on Monday, Sky News learns.

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Asking a woman why she wants to work is a sexist remark, a tribunal has ruled.

James Gilbert has been suspended for a year but his victims and others in the profession believe the system should be reformed to protect the public

Exclusive: Union calls for inquiry more than a year after whistleblowers wrote to department about alleged abuse