New Sexual Harassment Law

On 26 October 2024, a new sexual harassment law came into force in the UK. The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 obliges all employers to take reasonable proactive steps to prevent sexual harassment within their organisation. Here, our expert HR and employment law professionals take a look at the new sexual … Read more

Sexual Harassment Risk Assessment

Employers are under a mandatory legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Part of that duty involves undertaking a sexual harassment risk assessment. Here, our HR and employment law specialists consider how an employer might carry out a sexual harassment risk assessment to ensure compliance with their legal obligations. … Read more

How To Prevent Sexual Harassment

Knowing how to prevent sexual harassment is crucial in enabling employers to fulfil their legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in their organisation. To assist you in understanding the nature and extent of your legal duty and how to prevent sexual harassment at work, our expert HR and employment law specialists … Read more

What Is Classed As Sexual Harassment At Work?

Employers are under a duty to proactively prevent instances of sexual harassment in the workplace. If you fail to take reasonable preventative measures and an employee brings a successful sexual harassment claim, the tribunal may increase the damages payable by up to 25%. Accordingly, understanding what is classed as sexual harassment at work and the … Read more

How To Prevent Sexual Harassment In The Workplace

New laws introduced in October 2024 require employers to proactively prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Failure to do so can result in increased financial liability if an employee takes legal action and wins. With three out of every four people saying they have been subjected to sexual harassment at work, it’s never been more … Read more

Tales of an HR Services Expert – Day 18: Not ugly enough!

Not ugly enough! Conventional wisdom says attractive people are more likely to be hired. But it’s a bit more complicated than that. Two Israeli researchers send out CVs with pictures – rated according to attractiveness – for 2,500 different jobs. They found that handsome men were marginally more likely to get an interview, but that … Read more

Tales of an HR Services Expert – Day 14: Minimum Wage

Doing employees a favour doesn’t always work I was approached by a company to help with a situation that was baffling them. They had employed someone who wasn’t really as experienced as they would have liked, but they liked him and created a job for him. However what they also did was pay him less … Read more

Tales of an HR Services Expert – Day 7: He’s pregnant?!

Right to time off for antenatal appointments Under the new shared parental leave it is proposed to allow the husband, civil partner or partner of the pregnant women the right to unpaid time off to attend up to 2 ante-natal appointments. Action: don’t laugh when a man asks for time to go to an antenatal … Read more

Tales of an HR Services expert – Day 2: Recruitment

Don’t do this! Recruit someone you find attractive (apparently most of us do!) Accept their word that they can do something – test them Reject them giving one of the protected characteristics as a reason (unlimited £££ tribunal claim)

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