Stop Sexual Harassment at work

"Employers will be held liable if they fail to take all reasonable steps to prevent employees from experiencing sexual harassment at work"

Employers will be held liable if they fail to take all reasonable steps to prevent employees from experiencing sexual harassment at work. Liz Truss, minister for women and equalities, said the package of measures would not only protect women at work but “motivate employers to make improvements to workplace practices and culture”.

With this announcement, employers will also be keen to see whether in practice any new duties merely impose additional burdens or, whether it will produce genuinely meaningful provisions that can help effect culture change.

The proposals as it stands did not set out any detail on either the new proactive duty on employers or the third-party protection, so for now the questions on every employer’s lips will be what do we do?

Here are a few tips in the interim

update existing policies on bullying and harassment
clearly set out the organisation’s rules on acceptable workplace behaviour
provide specific training on sexual harassment
Ensuring your employees feel safe within the workplace is vital. Considering allegations of sexual harassment can be costly, disruptive, and damaging to any employer.

We provide a Sexual Harassment Awareness Online Training course which has been designed for everyone and aims to raise awareness of workplace sexual harassment. It provides the necessary tools and information to identify, prevent, and most importantly, remove sexual harassment from the workplace. This Sexual Harassment Awareness Online Training (25 minutes) course concludes with a 20-question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. Interested, then please get in touch.

Did you know that 60% of adults in the UK think that better training on the topic of sexual harassment would be effective at reducing it in the workplace?