The UK Government has strengthened its efforts to end violence and harassment in the workplace, becoming the 11th country to ratify the International Labour Organization’s Violence and Harassment Convention. This is the first international treaty to recognise the everyone’s right to a workplace free from violence and harassment, including gender-based violence and harassment. The treaty, deposited in person to the ILO in Geneva by Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Thérèse Coffey, is a first-of-its-kind global common framework for action to eradicate workplace violence and harassment – w…

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