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Rio Tinto employees report rise in bullying, sexual assault

A Rio Tinto helmet pictured in the western Serbian city of Loznica on April 5, 2024 [Andrej Isakovic/AFP]

More than one-third of workers at Rio Tinto experienced bullying in the previous 12 months, a progress review has found, nearly three years after the mining giant pledged to tackle pervasive sexism and racism in the workplace.

Among the nearly 12,000 surveyed Rio Tinto employees, 39 percent reported being bullied, up from 31 percent in 2021, the report commissioned by the British-Australian company showed on Wednesday.

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