BBC Investigating Five Employees for Sexual Harassment Amid Misconduct Crackdown
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Jake Kanter
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The BBC has been investigating five employees for sexual harassment and four additional cases of bullying and harassment as part of a crackdown on power abuses following a 2025 workplace culture review. The information was disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Deadline, revealing the broadcaster's efforts to enforce a zero-tolerance approach to misconduct.
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· 3 pulledDeadline can reveal that the BBC had five sexual harassment disciplinary cases open as recently as the end of March amid a crackdown on power abuses following a workplace culture review in 2025.
The BBC has been investigating a handful of employees over sexual harassment allegations, as the British national broadcaster looks to enforce its zero-tolerance approach to misconduct.
The figure was disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Deadline, which also revealed that the BBC was probing a further four cases of bullying and harassment.
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