Derbyshire Officer’s Sexual Harassment Led to Gross Misconduct Finding

January 24, 2026January 20, 2026 by Tom Street

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20 January 2026 | By Tom Street A Derbyshire police officer has been found guilty of gross misconduct after slapping a female colleague’s bottom, poking another colleague’s buttock, and sending sexually explicit messages to staff. PC Alexander Kimber resigned before the misconduct hearing took place in December 2025. The panel concluded he would have been dismissed had he still been serving, and his behaviour represented “discriminatory and/or harassing behaviour on …

New Laws to Protect Workers from Sexual Harassment

June 14, 2019February 20, 2019 by

According to recent reports, the government has decided to introduce revised codes of practice in order to control sexual harassment cases in workplaces. Politicians are advised to create the new laws at the earliest to protect workers. The WEC – Women and Equalities Committee welcomes the initiative which focussed on not just creating new laws and codes of practice but also raised more awareness in order to tackle the issue …

Over half of UK’s Working Women have experienced Sexual Harassment at Work

June 14, 2019February 13, 2019 by

Despite a number of laws in place to protect workers in an organisation, unreported sexual harassment is a regular occurence. How do you know if you have been sexually harassed and what you must do if you think you are being sexually harassed at work. Is there anyone you can turn to for help? What is sexual harassment? Any kind of behaviour, which is sexual in nature and not welcomed …

How to Avoid Sexually Harassing your co-workers on Valentine’s Day

June 14, 2019February 12, 2019 by

Valentine’s Day at work can often feel awkward. However, celebrating the holiday too enthusiastically can sometimes could lead to at best toe curling outcomes and at worst being fired. What is sexual harassment? Any behaviour, which is sexual in nature and not welcomed by the person on the receiving end of it can be referred as sexual harassment. The harassment can be verbal, physical as well as non-verbal. If you …

Michael Fallon resigns but is not necessarily guilty of sexual harassment

September 17, 2019November 2, 2017 by

Michael Fallon resigns as Defence Secretary, following an allegation of sexual harassment, his resignation letter states that “in the past” his behaviour “had fallen below the high standards that we require of the Armed Forces”. The Allegation Whilst there may be other allegations of harassment in the swirl of accusations, denials and apologies circling around Westminster as part of the list of 40 MPs including 15 Ministers who are deemed …

Case Study: Older employee told “better suited to traditional agency”

September 17, 2019October 7, 2017 by

The recently reported case of Gomes v Henworth Limited and another. The Claimant had been employed since 2009 by an estate agent as an Administrative Assistant. During a conversation about alleged shortcomings with her work (errors in a letter that was sent out). The tribunal found that the second Respondent, Mr Graham Gold, had said that she would be “better suited to a traditional agency”. That comment, along with suggestions …

Protected Characteristics: What are they?

September 17, 2019September 26, 2017 by

The Equality Act 2010 protects employees and job applicants from being subjected to discrimination (less favourable treatment). It makes it unlawful to treat a person, or group of people, differently or subject them to harassment on the grounds of certain defined areas.

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

June 9, 2021September 26, 2017 by

Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual behaviour which either violates a person’s dignity or creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them. Sexual harassment also describes situations in which people are treated less favourably because they either submit to or reject sexual conduct. Harassment may be verbal, non-verbal or physical Verbal: Name calling with a sexual theme, comments about appearance and attractiveness, questions about sex life, comments and …

Harassment in the Workplace

September 17, 2019September 20, 2017 by

Definition of harassment The Equality Act 2010 defines harassment at Section 26 as follows: A person (A) harasses another (B) if A engages in unwanted conduct related to a relevant protected characteristic which has the purpose or effect of either: Violating B’s dignity, or Creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for B. Please note that sexual harassment has a further definition relating to rejection or submission of …