HR File: Challenge workplace sexism

A video of a chaotic parish council meeting went viral earlier this month. After 10 months of living and working through a pandemic, many of us could relate to the new challenges we face navigating an online world full of technology blunders and mishaps.

But in among these more comical moments there is one element that was not all that new to many of us watching.

The way in which some of the men mocked, derided, shouted and undermined Jackie Weaver, chief officer of the Cheshire Association of Local Councils, as she attempted to do her job is an example of everyday sexism that is rife across many workplaces – virtual and physical.