UK sex pest law toughened


	UK sex pest law toughened

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3-12-2007 11:33 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f0fe7075-5324-4db7-97b5-617a2bf85854/6D44B163-738E-4721-AFAA-D71612455B4B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23388596-details/High+Court+toughens+UK+laws+on+sex+pests+at+work/article.do" href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23388596-details/High+Court+toughens+UK+laws+on+sex+pests+at+work/article.do" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thisislondon.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23388596-details/High+Court+toughens+UK+laws+on+sex+pests+at+work/article.do">Woman have won greater legal protection  against sexual harassment at work.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23388596-details/High+Court+toughens+UK+laws+on+sex+pests+at+work/article.do">A High Court judgment means employers  will in future be required to protect female  staff from unwanted advances from  customers and clients as well as colleagues.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23388596-details/High+Court+toughens+UK+laws+on+sex+pests+at+work/article.do"><P>Among those most likely to benefit are  women working in hotels, restaurants, estate  agencies, bars and shops and other jobs  where there is regular contact with members  of the public. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23388596-details/High+Court+toughens+UK+laws+on+sex+pests+at+work/article.do">The ruling also means more job protection  during pregnancy. Bosses will be compelled  to consult women whose job alters when  they are on maternity leave, while rules  banning discrimation against pregnant staff  will be strengthened.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23388596-details/High+Court+toughens+UK+laws+on+sex+pests+at+work/article.do"><P>The commission argued that the UK  version of the European rules was not as tough  as the Brussels version and that, in some  cases, raised doubts about existing rights  won through British case law. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6D44B163-738E-4721-AFAA-D71612455B4B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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