Preventing Sexual Harassment at Work Events
From 26 October 2024, the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 places a new legal duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment. This applies to all work-related events, including social gatherings and celebrations. What’s Changing? If an employee successfully claims sexual harassment, tribunals can now increase compensation by […]
Important HR Considerations When Planning Work Events
Work-related social events are a great way to reward your employees and boost morale. However, these occasions come with important responsibilities for employers, even when events are held off-site and outside of working hours. Here are the key considerations to keep your event enjoyable, safe, and compliant: 1. Conduct a Risk Assessment Even at off-site […]
Is your business compliant with the new duty to prevent sexual harassment?
The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 came into force at the end of last month and it means that there is a new legal duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment from occurring during the course of employment. In practice, this means, that where there is a […]
New Legal Duty for Employers to Prevent Workplace Sexual Harassment
On 26 October 2024, a new legal duty will come into force, requiring all employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. This duty applies to businesses of all sizes and extends beyond the traditional office environment, covering any work-related setting such as conferences, training sessions, exhibitions, and even social events […]
Sexual Harassment – Complying with the New Statutory Duty
This popular course identifies the types of difficult conversations managers may face and explores constructive tools and techniques to deal with common management challenges. Through discussions and activities, we identify what makes a conversation difficult, how to address it and increase the chances of a positive outcome.
Is your business prepared for the new duty on preventing sexual harassment of your workers?
In a recent article, we highlighted the forthcoming new duty on preventing sexual harassment of your workers that will require employers to ‘take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment’ of their workers in the course of their employment. This new duty on preventing sexual harassment of your workers comes into force from 26 October 2024, and […]
Legal secretary wins sexual harassment claim, after she was told she looked like a ‘Love Island reject’
A legal secretary won a sexual harassment claim against her employer following a series of inappropriate incidents involving a senior partner. The tribunal found that the employer’s actions created an intimidating and offensive work environment, resulting in compensation for the employee. The circumstances behind the Sexual Harassment claim In the case of Miss M Bratt […]
Protecting your employees from harassment
Here is the Hot Topic for July 2024 – Protecting Employees from Harassment. An accompanying webinar will follow, which will be hosted on 11 July 2024. One of the most important responsibilities an employer has, is when it comes to protecting and safeguarding its workforce from harm and one area specifically is harassment in the […]
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is unlawful and can be a criminal offence. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report that three-quarters of people say they have experienced some form of sexual harassment at work and the rest have witnessed harassment or supported others (Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2018, ‘Turning the tables: ending sexual harassment at […]
Three interesting cases of discrimination in the UK
It is against the law to treat someone less favourably because of their gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or age; this is discrimination. However, more than 25% of the workers in the UK claim to have been discriminated against at work. Discrimination is not just isolated to the workplace and can occur across most […]
Government announce new statutory code to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace
On the 18th December 2018, the government confirmed that they planned to undertake some of the prominent recommendations that were published in the Sexual Harassment in the Workplace report which was published on the 25th July by the Equalities Commission. Preventing sexual harassment in the workplace It has been confirmed that a new statutory code […]
