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Bullying and harassment

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  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Global anti-harassment and anti-bullying policy

    A model policy to set out your commitment to preventing harassment and bullying at work throughout your global operation as part of a wider strategy to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture.

  • Date:
    13 January 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment law 2023: six key tasks for HR

    We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Equality, diversity and inclusion training: Employment tribunal round-up

    We look at three employment tribunal cases that involved the provision of equality, diversity and inclusion training in the workplace.

  • Date:
    15 August 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Preventing bullying and harassment: Five reasonable steps for employers to take

    Under the Equality Act 2010, an employer can escape liability for acts of discrimination committed by its staff where it has taken "all reasonable steps" to prevent the discrimination. What steps should employers take to reduce the risk of liability for bullying and harassment committed by their workforce in the course of employment?

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Sex discrimination: Calling a man "bald" is sex-related harassment

    In Finn v The British Bung Manufacturing Company Ltd and another, an employment tribunal held that the male electrician had been subjected to harassment related to sex when the shift supervisor called him "bald" during a heated exchange.

  • Date:
    17 May 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Investigating allegations of improper conduct

    Blair Adams joins us to talk about the tricky issues that can arise when investigating allegations of improper conduct, such as sexual or racial harassment, bullying or discrimination.

  • Date:
    8 December 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    The 10 most important employment law cases in 2021

    Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in 2021. We count down the 10 most important judgments of the year that every employer should know about.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Religion or belief discrimination: Gender-critical belief is protected, EAT holds

    In Forstater v CGD Europe and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the consultant's belief that sex is biologically immutable amounts to a philosophical belief within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Harassment: "Stale" training no defence for racist jibes

    In Allay (UK) Ltd v Gehlen, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer's diversity training was not sufficient to amount to a "reasonable steps" defence in a claim of racial harassment committed by one of its employees.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Age discrimination: Jibes about Alzheimer's were harassment

    In Crompton v Eden Private Staff Ltd, an employment tribunal found that jibes made by employees to a 57-year-old colleague about Alzheimer's and "senior moments" constituted harassment under the Equality Act 2010.