Two thirds of young women have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse at work, a new poll has revealed 🔴 The_TUC warns legislation designed to protect workers against harassment was at risk of being watered down by Conservative peers
, ministers pledged to introduce new laws to clamp down on abuse and bullying at work, but have since watered down that commitment.Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse
, which would introduce a new preventative duty on employers to actively tackle harassment at work, as well as offering greater protections against third parties, for example when a customer is accused of harassing a retail worker. The Worker Protection Bill is currently going through the Lords but Tory peers have tabled a number of amendments designed to weaken the protections.The TUC poll of more than 1,000 women found three in five of all women say they have experienced harassment at work, rising to almost two in three women aged 25 to 34.The TUC said most victims do not report the behaviour for fear of not being believed, or damaging their working relationships and career prospects.
A total of 39 per cent of incidents involving harassment at work involved a third party rather than a colleague, the poll revealed. Retail worker Bec Shale, 45, who lives in the East Midlands, told how she had been sexually assaulted by a customer while at work.She reported the assault to police and the perpetrator was eventually charged and pleaded guilty. He was put on the sex offenders register for three years.
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