MOST disabled women in Britain have been sexually harassed at work and some have left jobs to get away from it, the TUC’s first major report on the issue has found.

Some seven in 10 disabled women who took part in a survey reported suffering sexual harassment at work.

Younger disabled women, those aged 18 to 34, are even more likely to have experienced such harassment at work, with almost 80 per cent saying that they had.

Nearly 70 per cent of all who reported being sexually harassed said that they had not told their boss about the problem, with the most common reason being fear that they would not be taken seriously.

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said: “No-one should face sexual harassment at work.

“Four years on from the explosion of #MeToo on a global scale, employers still aren’t doing enough to make sure women are safe at work.

“It’s time for every employer to take responsibility for protecting their staff from sexual harassment.

“Ministers must change the law to make employers protect workers from sexual harassment specifically and from all forms of harassment by customers and clients.”

The TUC is calling on the government to impose a new legal duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment and to increase funding of the Equality & Human Rights Commission on improve the enforcement of existing laws.

Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) co-founder Linda Burnip told the Morning Star: “Sexual harassment is something all women face throughout their lives, both in and out of the workplace, but, like other forms of domestic violence and exploitation, disabled women are disproportionately affected by it.

“As such acts are fuelled by a perverse male ‘need’ to hold power over women, disabled women are often particularly victimised.”