Employers not liable for third-party harassment, confirms EAT

Bessong v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust [2020] IRLR 4 EAT

race discrimination | third-party harassment | vicarious liability

In Bessong v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the Equality Act 2010 cannot be interpreted to make an NHS trust vicariously liable for race discrimination for a patient's racially motivated attack on a mental-health nurse.