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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model form to conduct a survey to understand the extent of sexual harassment and harassment within your organisation and identify areas for improvement.
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- Date:
- 5 February 2025
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- Commentary and insights
Following significant changes in autumn 2024, the Government's Employment Rights Bill now promises further reforms to the harassment laws, including the introduction of explicit new third-party harassment liability. Employment judge Tina Elliott looks at the history of third-party harassment law, the current position and the changes on the horizon.
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- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect an EAT case confirming that, in a harassment claim, the unwanted conduct must relate to a protected characteristic, rather than be because of a protected characteristic.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The Employment Rights Bill includes provisions to add sexual harassment to the list of types of disclosure that qualify for whistleblowing protection.
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- Date:
- 6 December 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The Employment Rights Bill packs 28 imposing employment law reforms into its 158 pages. While HR professionals await the substantive details needed to flesh out the Bill, we outline the key policies that you will need to update and an overview of what those updates might involve.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The Employment Rights Bill includes provisions to introduce employer liability for harassment by third parties, and strengthens the duty to prevent sexual harassment.
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- Date:
- 24 October 2024
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
In this webinar, Brightmine legal editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed explain what the changes are going to be, what employers can do now to begin preparing and the potential timelines for implementation.
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- Date:
- 24 October 2024
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
With changes to the law regarding sexual harassment in the workplace coming into effect this autumn - and further changes promised in the Government's Employment Rights Bill - we are joined by Lisa Bell from Tell Jane to discuss the new legal duty on employers, the impact of technology and generational shifts in attitude.
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- Leading practice guides
This series of Leading practice guides looks at how to create a working environment free from all forms of harassment and why HR and the organisations they represent need to prioritise this issue. In this final guide we explore what to consider when setting up procedures to respond to complaints of harassment and sexual harassment, including conducting investigations and supporting the victim.
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- Leading practice guides
This series of Leading practice guides looks at how to create a working environment free from all forms of harassment and why HR and the organisations they represent need to prioritise this issue. While many organisations already have an established procedure for employees to report harassment, harassment and sexual harassment is still underreported. In the third guide in this series, we look at the factors to consider when implementing reporting procedures that will inspire confidence in the organisation and encourage people to report incidents of harassment.