CBI widens investigation into sexual misconduct

An probe into intersexual misconduct astatine 1 of Britain's biggest concern lobby groups has been widened aft caller allegations person emerged.

The Confederation of British Industry is astatine the centre of claims published by the Guardian, detailing alleged misconduct by individuals.

Law steadfast Fox Williams is overseeing the expanded investigation.

"The CBI has treated and continues to dainty each matters of workplace behaviour with the utmost seriousness," it said.

"Which is wherefore past month, we commissioned a thorough probe by an autarkic instrumentality steadfast into each caller allegations that person been enactment to us."

In narration to the allegations by women against figures astatine the CBI, a spokesperson for the lobby radical added: "It would undermine this important process and beryllium damaging and prejudicial to each the individuals progressive to remark connected these allegations astatine this point.

"We volition not hesitate to instrumentality immoderate indispensable enactment erstwhile the probe concludes."

Since the opening of March, Fox Williams has been investigating abstracted allegations made against Tony Danker, the CBI's manager wide who has since stepped speech and Business radical brag steps speech aft misconduct claims.

It is understood that the caller claims published successful the Guardian bash not subordinate to Mr Danker who became director-general successful precocious 2020.

Since the allegations person emerged, Fox Williams' probe has present been widened.

The CBI lobbies connected behalf of astir 190,000 businesses that employment millions of people.