Prevention of Workplace Sexual Harassment: new legislation is on its way

Following extensive consultations during 2018 – 2021, the Government has made clear they will now bring forward the following new legislation: -

• The introduction of a ‘mandatory’ duty for employers to prevent harassment in the workplace;
• New protections against third party harassment (previously repealed in 2013), and
• An extension of the present time limit for bringing all workplace discrimination and harassment claims against employers, from three months to six months.

This is a very significant change that will, in our view, create more risks and more claims against employers. Understanding the new rules and adjusting your approach to such issues to account for them in policies, processes and training will be important. We will update when we know more on this significant proposed change and we’ll cover this in our webinars too. You can book your team on a training session here: https://www.bridgeemploymentlaw.com/employer/employment-law-training-for-managers/ and join our Legal Update webinar here:  https://content.bridgeehr.co.uk/en/2021-webinar-september