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Sexual harassment at work: employers’ new duties
Ashley Scriven explains changes in the employer’s duty to protect employees from sexual harassment
In the UK, 5% of people aged 16 and over have reported experiencing at least one form of sexual harassment within the last 12 months. Over a quarter of those say sexual harassment took place in the workplace. This type of insight has led to a strengthening of protections for workers against sexual harassment, through the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023.
Sexual harassment can take many forms, including sexual advances, making sexual gestures, intrusive questions about a person’s private life, or a person discussing their own sex life.
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