Gender-based harassment claims likely to increase

Changes to the law being made on 6 April 2008 are likely to increase the risk of workplace 'banter' leading to claims in the Employment Tribunal, according to lawyers at Pinsent Masons. 

One of these changes sees the introduction of a new definition of "sex harassment". Historically, for example, a male manager might escape liability if he caused offence by making sexist jokes about women (such as women being useless at driving) if he could show that he was equally offensive ... (210 more words)

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