Builders will have to get training in ‘respectful behaviour’ to tackle the ‘culture of crude banter’ on construction sites under Labour’s new workers’ rights laws.
The human rights watchdog published guidance on the ‘legal obligations’ for bosses yesterday as Angela Rayner‘s controversial ‘banter ban’ came into force.
The 141-page Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance gives an example of a large construction firm and lists 14 changes it would have to make to comply with Labour’s new laws.
The fictional construction firm has a ‘high risk of sexual harassment’ because it has a male-dominated workforce and ‘a culture of crude banter’, the watchdog’s example warns.
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