BP staff risk sack if they fail to disclose intimate relationships with colleagues

New policy follows sacking of ex-CEO Bernard Looney with top managers given three months to report all relationships in past three years

BP employees will have to disclose intimate relationships with colleagues or risk losing their jobs, according to a new policy brought out after the dismissal of former boss Bernard Looney for failing to tell the board.

Employees must disclose familial and intimate relationships at work" without exception, the FTSE 100 oil company said on Monday. That is a tougher stance than before, when they only had to disclose relationships if they thought there was a a conflict of interest risk.