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REVEALED | Shocking sexual harassment allegations at Qantas

Shocking sexual harassment allegations at Qantas

Employees turn up for work on a daily basis to fulfil their responsibilities and to meet deadlines – it’s not a place where workers would expect to feel violated or sexually harassed.

Sadly, it seems that the workplace has proven to be a popular environment for harassment, as a study carried out by the Everyday Sexism Project and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) of over 1,500 women, discovered that 52% of employees have been victims of unwanted sexual behaviour at work, from groping to inappropriate jokes.

One of the most recent cases to hit headlines over sexual harassment claims was Qantas flight staff.

In a survey of 2,400 Qantas staff members, conducted by Elizabeth Broderick & Co, one in four female pilots said that they had suffered from sexual harassment carried out by either a colleague or passenger in the last year – The Daily Mail reported.

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