The recent flurry of activity on the employment law reforms being introduced under the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) continues today with the publication of a new consultation on regulations to prevent the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases of workplace harassment or discrimination. The consultation closes on 8 July 2026. This is the […]
Protection of employees from harassment, and sexual harassment in particular, has been a dynamic area in recent times and a clear area of focus for the current government. In October 2024, the new duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace took effect, imposing wide-ranging and onerous obligations on employers to
Earlier this year, the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) launched an inquiry into sexual harassment in the workplace, gathering a range of evidence from oral and written submissions. This culminated in July 2018 in the publication of its report on Sexual harassment in the workplace, which found that the Government, regulators and employers are all
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