HR not doing enough to combat sexist behaviour in the workplace Published:
15 Apr 2021 HR teams are not taking enough preventive measures to stop cases of sexism and sexual harassment taking place in the workplace.
A quarter (25%) of female HR managers said their organisations do not take proactive action to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, compared with 17% of male HR managers.
Equality charity Young Women’s Trust surveyed HR leaders about the prevalence of sexism in the workplace and found that more needs to be done to safeguard women at work.
A third (33%) of female HR managers agree sexist behaviour is present in their organisation and a quarter (25%) said they think it is harder for women to progress in their organisation than men.
Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec
07 Apr 2021|
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The gender pay gap is an extremely important issue that shouldn’t be brushed over because of economic uncertainty. If this happens, then it’s only allowing more companies to get away with gender-biased treatment. Pay gap reporting, in usual circumstances, enables companies to actively recognise and work towards improving the gender pay gap,
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