Post by Teddy Bear on Mar 3, 2013 17:50:51 GMT
It is inconceivable that with the BBC displaying the corrupt day to day practices that it does, and that we highlight here, over a whole range of areas, that it won't also manifest within their organisation.
Rotten on the outside - rotten on the inside!
I can't even say that I have too much sympathy for these 'victims' either. Instead of making their complaints public, they chose to cover it up in return for whatever financial deal they received.
This again shows the mindset prevalent within the corporation. They have a price for the way they will conduct themselves, even when they are victims.
Rotten on the outside - rotten on the inside!
I can't even say that I have too much sympathy for these 'victims' either. Instead of making their complaints public, they chose to cover it up in return for whatever financial deal they received.
This again shows the mindset prevalent within the corporation. They have a price for the way they will conduct themselves, even when they are victims.
BBC accused of using licence fee cash to buy the silence of TWENTY women who made sex complaints
The BBC used taxpayers' money to gag female members of staff who made complaints regarding sexual harassment and bullying.
Former members of staff, who left claiming to have been victims of bullying or sexual harassment in the workplace, were forced to sign ‘compromise agreements’ when they left the corporation.
The deal signed by at least 20 ex-BBC employees stop them from revealing they have signed such a deal in the first place.
The group has made formal complaints to the BBC review set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O'Reilly has been approached by several former BBC employees who say they are victims of sexual harassment and bullying and have been paid to keep quiet
They brand the state broadcasters ‘hypocrites’ for making the ‘compromise agreements’ with staff whilst proclaiming to be in the process of ‘cleaning up’ the culture which enabled Jimmy Savile to commit sex crimes without being exposed.
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly, who won a landmark case against the BBC for age discrimination, has been approached by several former employees who claim to be victims of harassment and cannot speak out.
‘I spent 25 years being told by the BBC that we uphold freedom of speech and now it takes that away to uphold its corporate reputation,’ she told the Sunday Times.
Lawyer Ann Olivarius told the paper that she has been approached by ‘more than a dozen’ women who claim to have been bullied or suffered sexual harassment at the BBC.
Two of these women, who have been made redundant by the BBC, have alleged they were the victims of bullying or harassment at the corporation. Both claim they were forced to sign gagging clauses when they left.
One of the women said her gag was still active even though she left over 10 years after witnessing bullying.
'I would physically shield my staff from the shouting and intimidation,' she told the Sunday Times.
'When I followed the proper procedures to say staff were being bullied, the BBC ended my contract and the bully was allowed to continue to work there for a number of years.'
Another woman told of how taxpayers' money was being used to silence women who made sex complaints.
She said: 'This is taxpayers' money being spent to stop me talking about discrimination against women in the BBC.'
The issue has been raised in a review set up up by the BBC to look into its policies on sexual harassment and bullying in the wake of the Savile scandal.
More than 850 people have come forward to the review, which is being overseen by Dinah Rose QC, a human rights lawyer.
This week Miriam O'Reilly, who has also written to Dinah Rose about an incident of sexual harassment she once suffered, said she was told to sign a legal gag when she left the BBC for the second time in early 2012.
The Respect at Work review was launched by the former director general George Entwistle last October after news emerged that many of Savile's alleged offences took place on BBC premises.
Speaking at the time, he said: 'The allegations that have arisen in the last few weeks that date back decades have truly shocked me.
'If there are lessons we can learn then we must do so to ensure that the mistakes of the past should never be repeated.'
The QC will be asked to make recommendations on how the BBC can improve its processes relating to sexual harassment.
Responding to the claims today, a BBC spokesperson said: 'No member of BBC staff, either past or present, has been prohibited in any way from taking part in the ‘Respect at Work’ review, prepared with the assistance of Dinah Rose QC.
'Working alongside the BBC’s own HR department, Rose will assist the BBC in reviewing its policies and processes relating to sexual harassment and ensuring existing structures and resources are properly deployed to guarantee support to any complainant.'
The news comes in the same week veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall, 83, made his first court appearance for 18 separate charges of sexual abuse spanning almost two decades.
Hall faces one charge of raping a young woman and 14 counts of indecent assault against children as young as nine.
He is alleged to have raped a 22-year-old woman in 1976 and 14 other alleged sexual assaults relate to 10 girls aged between nine and 16, between 1967 and 1986.
He denies any wrongdoing.
- BBC paid off ex-employees who made complaints
- Former members of staff made to sign 'compromise agreements'
- Deals gagged victims of sexual harassment and bullying
- Group of at least 20 ex-BBC staff have now made formal complaints
The BBC used taxpayers' money to gag female members of staff who made complaints regarding sexual harassment and bullying.
Former members of staff, who left claiming to have been victims of bullying or sexual harassment in the workplace, were forced to sign ‘compromise agreements’ when they left the corporation.
The deal signed by at least 20 ex-BBC employees stop them from revealing they have signed such a deal in the first place.
The group has made formal complaints to the BBC review set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O'Reilly has been approached by several former BBC employees who say they are victims of sexual harassment and bullying and have been paid to keep quiet
They brand the state broadcasters ‘hypocrites’ for making the ‘compromise agreements’ with staff whilst proclaiming to be in the process of ‘cleaning up’ the culture which enabled Jimmy Savile to commit sex crimes without being exposed.
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly, who won a landmark case against the BBC for age discrimination, has been approached by several former employees who claim to be victims of harassment and cannot speak out.
‘I spent 25 years being told by the BBC that we uphold freedom of speech and now it takes that away to uphold its corporate reputation,’ she told the Sunday Times.
Lawyer Ann Olivarius told the paper that she has been approached by ‘more than a dozen’ women who claim to have been bullied or suffered sexual harassment at the BBC.
Two of these women, who have been made redundant by the BBC, have alleged they were the victims of bullying or harassment at the corporation. Both claim they were forced to sign gagging clauses when they left.
One of the women said her gag was still active even though she left over 10 years after witnessing bullying.
'I would physically shield my staff from the shouting and intimidation,' she told the Sunday Times.
'When I followed the proper procedures to say staff were being bullied, the BBC ended my contract and the bully was allowed to continue to work there for a number of years.'
Another woman told of how taxpayers' money was being used to silence women who made sex complaints.
She said: 'This is taxpayers' money being spent to stop me talking about discrimination against women in the BBC.'
The issue has been raised in a review set up up by the BBC to look into its policies on sexual harassment and bullying in the wake of the Savile scandal.
More than 850 people have come forward to the review, which is being overseen by Dinah Rose QC, a human rights lawyer.
This week Miriam O'Reilly, who has also written to Dinah Rose about an incident of sexual harassment she once suffered, said she was told to sign a legal gag when she left the BBC for the second time in early 2012.
The Respect at Work review was launched by the former director general George Entwistle last October after news emerged that many of Savile's alleged offences took place on BBC premises.
Speaking at the time, he said: 'The allegations that have arisen in the last few weeks that date back decades have truly shocked me.
'If there are lessons we can learn then we must do so to ensure that the mistakes of the past should never be repeated.'
The QC will be asked to make recommendations on how the BBC can improve its processes relating to sexual harassment.
Responding to the claims today, a BBC spokesperson said: 'No member of BBC staff, either past or present, has been prohibited in any way from taking part in the ‘Respect at Work’ review, prepared with the assistance of Dinah Rose QC.
'Working alongside the BBC’s own HR department, Rose will assist the BBC in reviewing its policies and processes relating to sexual harassment and ensuring existing structures and resources are properly deployed to guarantee support to any complainant.'
The news comes in the same week veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall, 83, made his first court appearance for 18 separate charges of sexual abuse spanning almost two decades.
Hall faces one charge of raping a young woman and 14 counts of indecent assault against children as young as nine.
He is alleged to have raped a 22-year-old woman in 1976 and 14 other alleged sexual assaults relate to 10 girls aged between nine and 16, between 1967 and 1986.
He denies any wrongdoing.