A Committee of the European Parliament has called for help for victims of sexual harassment to report cases and the imposition of sanctions against perpetrators. 

Sexual harassment has been hitting the headlines on an almost daily basis recently, with much of the reporting focused on the film industry, and disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein.

As part of its ongoing inquiry into sexual harassment in the workplace, Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee is to hold an evidence session into the use and possible abuse of non-disclosure agreements. 

It is widely recognised that more needs to be done to improve gender equality in the work place, and this goal has been the focus of many different initiatives by Government, business organisations and equality groups. 

Several more high profile companies have found themselves under the media spotlight recently, following allegations of sexual harassment against senior management.