Employment: Harassment

(asked on 19th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to ensure that (a) the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are included in the proposed ILO Convention on ending violence and harassment in work and (b) companies adhere to those standards throughout their supply chains.


Answered by
Alok Sharma Portrait
Alok Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 26th April 2018

The Government is committed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and fully engaged in the discussions in the ILO on ending violence and harassment in the world of work.

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