Male bosses avoid being alone with women to prevent accusations of sexual harassment, experts claim.
Their findings suggest that workers need lessons on how to interact with the opposite sex.
The allegations against Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood mogul, are the latest in a series of banned sexual harassment and assault cases in the workplace. A variety of businesses have reported rising caution on relationships between the sexes.
This results in women’s career opportunities being limited as male executives are more likely to interact with other men in the office, employment experts suggest.
Kim Elsesser, author and a scholar at the centre for the study of women at University of California, Los Angeles, said that the spate of harassment allegations — from Fox News to Uber