FEMALE STAFF TOLD TO DRESS ‘SEXIER’ FOR VIDEO CALLS

Sexism has found new and insidious ways to thrive online, with bosses telling female staff to dress ‘sexier’ and wear make-up for video calls, according to research by employment law specialists, Slater and Gordon. More than 35% of UK women have experienced at least one sexist workplace demand since lockdown started in March. The most common ways men and women in positions of power justified lurid comments about dress included saying it would “help to win new business’”(41%), it was important to “look nicer for the team” (41%) and it would be more “pleasing to...

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