Sexual harassment checklist for employers—steps to take


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Precedents

Sexual harassment checklist for employers—steps to take


Published by a ÀÏ˾»úÎçÒ¹¸£Àû Employment expert

Precedents
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This Precedent is a checklist for an employer to use setting out some of the steps that it may need to take to prevent sexual harassment of its staff, to comply with the duty to prevent sexual harassment set out in section 40A of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010). It is part of a toolkit comprising:

  1. •

    Precedent: Sexual harassment risk assessment, a template sexual harassment risk assessment that can be used by an employer to document the sexual harassment risks it identifies within the workplace

  2. •

    Precedent: Sexual harassment action plan and monitoring log, a template action plan and monitoring log for an employer to use when taking steps to prevent sexual harassment

Changing the work environment

PurposeStepChecked (tick)Comments
To promote a culture of zero tolerance and let staff know the organisation takes sexual harassment seriouslyHave you made sure staff are aware of relevant policies, eg Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), Bullying and harassment, Social media, Staff relationships?
Have you a structure in place for a manager/HR to remind managers (eg at regular management meetings) that the organisation
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