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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Kemi Badenoch urged not to scrap bill on workplace sexual harassment

Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, is under pressure over the private member’s bill. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Women’s rights groups and trade unions have written to Kemi Badenoch to plead for her not to scrap the new worker protection bill, saying new laws are badly needed to tackle “endemic” sexual harassment in the workplace.

The Fawcett Society and Pregnant Then Screwed were among the groups to call on the business secretary not to allow the legislation to time out, after it became a rare example of a private member’s bill winning government backing.

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