There’s a “spike” in complaints in the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
The BBC is investigating 25 sexual harassment cases after saying that there has been a ‘spike’ in complaints, according to two of the corporation’s most senior executives.
Anne Bulford, Deputy Director General, said “After the Weinstein material was published we reminded staff again of the procedures. All the time we are encouraging people to step forward if that is the right thing to do. You perhaps won’t be surprised to know that we have a spike at present. We have a spike, more cases than we have seen over the last three years.”
Bulford was speaking to British MPs as part of a House of Commons committee.
Director General, Tony Hall, said that the BBC has a zero-tolerance approach to harassment.
“As far as harassment and bullying, and I would extend that to sexual harassment too, we should have zero tolerance,” he said. “That means to make it as easy as possible to do the very difficult thing and come forward and call out behaviour that is not acceptable,” he said.
