7 d. ago Reform councillor is arrested by police on suspicion of stalking, harassment and public disorder after accusing colleagues of 'corruption' and 'posting picture of female official online'

EXCLUSIVE: Councillor Sam Journet was arrested at Basildon council's headquarters, where three officers detained him on Monday morning over the allegations.

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7 d. ago Netflix accused of 'platforming predator' after interviewing mother who tormented her teenage daughter with sexual messages and texts telling her to 'kill herself'

The documentary recounts the experience of Lauryn and her former boyfriend, from Beal City, Michigan , who became the victims of a horrifying cyberbullying attack at the age of 12 and 13 respectively.

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8 d. ago Hearing male colleagues making sexist comments is harassment itself, tribunal rules after cales salesman left his job due to 'toxic atmosphere'

Male workers who hear colleagues being sexist about women can be victims of sex harassment themselves, a Cardiff employment tribunal has ruled.

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1 week ago Male boss did not sexually harass HR worker because he put hand on her shoulder in a 'fatherly' way, tribunal rules

Putting a supportive hand on a female colleague's shoulder in a 'fatherly' way is not sex harassment, a tribunal in Cardiff has ruled in the case of HR worker Yvette Rankmore.

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1 week ago 'Serial, organised dishonesty', the crimes of an IT worker discovered 'almost by chance'

'Matters spiralled out of your control'

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3 w. ago Work with partners on security guarantees ‘must be accelerated,’ Zelenskyy says

Specifics on Ukraine’s defence should be detailed ‘in near future’ as Finnish president says Russia deploying a ‘typical’ delaying tacticA combat drone, presumed to be Ukrainian, went off course and exploded over Estonia without causing any casualties, the Baltic state and close Ukraine ally said on Tuesday, AFP reported.Pieces of the drone, which left a crater on crashing, were discovered by an agricultural worker near the south-eastern town of Tartu, 75 kilometres (45 miles) from the border with Russia. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Love’s Labour by Stephen Grosz review – the truth about relationships

In a series of revelatory case studies, a psychoanalyst lays bare the messy reality of romantic loveA maths lecturer, convinced his wife is cheating, will not check the CCTV footage that might confirm his fears but instead keeps a private tally of the number of pubic hairs she sheds in her underwear. One hair is “OK, acceptable”, more is evidence that she has been “having it off”, he says, unaware that he uses these delusions of her infidelity to protect himself from the dangers of intimacy. A high-flying Fulbright scholar becomes a sex worker to avenge the father she hates. An ex-nun discovers that her decades of religious seclusion were driven by an unconscious fear of pregnancy. A troubled young woman, seeking redress for her psychological losses, steals large sums of money that she will never spend.In Love’s Labour, the London-based, American-born psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz offers an antidote to the pat, sanitised love stories we absorb through rom...

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3 w. ago Is behaviour at work getting worse – or are we just becoming oversensitive snowflakes?

Judging by the minor complaints being put to employment tribunals, workplace etiquette appears to be breaking down. But the headlines rarely tell the full storyI would hate to be in human resources at the moment. Admittedly, as someone with no discernible people skills, I would always hate it, but I’ve been imagining the awkward HR meetings behind the scenes of the recent wave of “what is acceptable workplace behaviour” rulings from UK employment tribunals recently, and oof!I’m thinking, particularly, of last week’s ruling on whether younger chatty workers disturbing an older colleague constitutes age discrimination (it didn’t), but there are many more. Comparing a colleague to Darth Vader in an online personality test resulted in a £30,000 compensation award. Leaving someone out of the tea round could contribute to unfair constructive dismissal. Sighing at a colleague could be discriminatory. An air kiss wasn’t harassment and neither was telling a manager his work was messy. Alloca...

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3 w. ago Is behaviour at work getting worse – or are we just becoming oversensitive snowflakes? | Emma Beddington

Judging by the minor complaints being put to employment tribunals, workplace etiquette appears to be breaking down. But the headlines rarely tell the full storyI would hate to be in human resources at the moment. Admittedly, as someone with no discernible people skills, I would always hate it, but I’ve been imagining the awkward HR meetings behind the scenes of the recent wave of “what is acceptable workplace behaviour” rulings from UK employment tribunals recently, and oof!I’m thinking, particularly, of last week’s ruling on whether younger chatty workers disturbing an older colleague constitutes age discrimination (it didn’t), but there are many more. Comparing a colleague to Darth Vader in an online personality test resulted in a £30,000 compensation award. Leaving someone out of the tea round could contribute to unfair constructive dismissal. Sighing at a colleague could be discriminatory. An air kiss wasn’t harassment and neither was telling a manager his work was messy. Alloca...

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3 w. ago Probe launched as human remains found by builders in cellar as police reveal they 'may be children'

Construction workers alerted cops after making the disturbing discovery at a property on Cleveland Road, Lancashire, on August 15.

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3 w. ago Noel Clarke loses libel case against Guardian over sexual misconduct investigation

High court rejects actor’s claim that accusations against him by more than 20 women were false and part of a conspiracyThe Guardian has successfully defended a libel action brought by the actor Noel Clarke over an investigation by the newspaper in which he was accused of sexual misconduct by more than 20 women.In a high court judgment handed down on Friday, Mrs Justice Steyn rejected Clarke’s claim. He had said the allegations set out in the Guardian’s investigation were false and that he had been the victim of an unlawful conspiracy.There were strong grounds to believe that over 15 years, he used his power to prey on and harass female colleagues.He sometimes bullied female colleagues.He engaged in unwanted sexual contact, kissing, touching or groping.He engaged in sexually inappropriate behaviour and comments.He was involved in professional misconduct.He took and shared explicit pictures and videos without consent, including secretly filming a young actor’s naked audition. Continue...

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3 w. ago Woman assisting police after infant found dead in Perth storm water drain

Police say woman in her 30s ‘receiving appropriate care and support’ after workers made confronting discovery on MondayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman is assisting police after a baby boy was found dead inside a storm water drain.Two workers carrying out routine maintenance made the confronting discovery in Alexander Heights in Perth’s northern suburbs on Monday afternoon. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Admin worker, 66, who was disturbed by 'noisy and disruptive' younger colleagues loses age harassment claim

Catherine Ritchie, who began working for Goom Electrical in December 2020, aged 66, made a series of complaints about the work standards of her colleagues (stock image).

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4 w. ago Old workers discover if they're 'victims of age harassment' if young colleagues are loud

A tribunal judge has dismissed a case brought by Catherine Ritchie - an administrator in her 60s - that claimed her "boisterous" young co-staff's behaviour was age harassment

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4 w. ago Young chatty workers disturbing older colleagues ‘not age harassment’, tribunal rules

Workers in their 20s and 30s that may annoy by socialising found not to be breaking workplace equality rulesOlder employees who are disturbed by younger, more boisterous colleagues in the workplace are not victims of age harassment, an employment tribunal has ruled.Employees in their 20s and 30s may annoy more mature co-workers by chatting, socialising and looking at their phones but they are not breaking workplace equality rules, the tribunal said. Continue reading...

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