NEW legislation is urgently needed to protect workers from endemic sexual harassment, food workers insisted today .

Delegates at the bakers’ union’s annual conference in Staffordshire unanimously endorsed a call for compulsory reporting of workplace sexual harassment cases, akin to the requirement to record and report accidents. 

The intervention, which also included a demand to set up a new anonymous reporting telephone line, came after the boss of McDonald’s British division admitted to dealing with between one or two sexual harassment claims a week from outlets of the fast-food giant nationwide.