Category Archives: Sexual harassment

The Worker Protection Act has now been in force for 8 months, placing an increased legal duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment at work.

Since then, the number of cases related to sexual harassment taken to ACAS has risen significantly. Why is this happening? And what does this mean for employers?

Since the introduction of the worker protection act many organisations know they need to be providing training on preventing sexual harassment – but what sort of training works for such a sensitive area?

With the season for office parties and client entertainment upon us, it is time to remind everyone of what behaviour is expected, to avoid incidents and complaints and to keep everyone safe. But if this is the only time of year you have this conversation with your people, there is likely to be a serious gap in your workplace culture….

The Worker Protection Act will introduce a new duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment. But who are you responsible for? Is it only your employees or people  outside your organisation too? Our facilitator and coach Will Baker has the answers and important guidance…

We discuss the latest changes in legislation around sexual harassment with Valerie Merrill of Merrill consultants  – her questions are likely the ones on everyone’s mind so take a look for some practical answers

Two students at the Cannes festival this year have filed a sexual assault complaint after a shocking encounter in what should have been a safe and professional work related space. We look at two vital lessons for organisations as a result of this incident and in the run up to the Worker Protection Act…

We see so much evidence that if inappropriate and disrespectful behaviours are not addressed early, they become not only tolerated but normalised and eventually escalate… and that is where we then see hard hitting headlines about tribunals and reputational damage. So what should organisations be doing?

As the implementation of the Worker Protection Act draws nearer, Wera Hobhouse’s (MP and architect of the new sexual harassment legislation) comment will strike a chord with many “What one also finds again and again is that the employer does not really know what to do.”

Here we help with clear practical steps.

We are delighted that Stella will be speaking at the PPMA conference on Friday 26th April at 11.00

The session will be tailored to the HR community and asking “HR; are we handling the “bad banter”?”

The stand out comment from all the commentary about the new sexual harassment bill becoming law was from Wera Hobhouse – the liberal democrat MP who first introduced the bill –

“What one also finds again and again is that the employer does not really know what to do.”

Read more to find out two specific things you can do now.