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Sexual harassment

The Equality Act 2010 prohibits three types of sexual harassment in the workplace.

The main type of sexual harassment is unwanted conduct of a sexual nature perpetrated on a particular person, for example unwelcome sexual advances.

Also prohibited is sex-related harassment, which means unwanted conduct related to the protected characteristic of sex. The unwanted conduct does not have to be directed towards the complainant or related to his or her actual sex. This could include telling jokes about women or making derogatory sexist remarks about women.

And less favourable treatment based on a person’s rejection of or submission to sex-related harassment or sexual harassment is also unlawful. This could cover circumstances where a woman is rejected for promotion by her boss after turning down his sexual advances.


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    by Shakil Butt 17 May 2022

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    Employment tribunal: use of word ‘bald’ can amount to sex-based harassment

    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2022

    An employment tribunal has ruled that an electrician dismissed for gross misconduct had been subject to sex harassment because he was bald.

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    MPs call for parliament HR department

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 May 2022

    Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Dame Andrea Leadsom call for an HR department in parliament to stamp out lewd behaviour and bullying.

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    Angela Rayner: Scandal highlights inaction to prevent harassment at work

    by Sarah Evans 27 Apr 2022
    by Sarah Evans 27 Apr 2022

    Employment lawyer Sarah Evans says the Angela Rayner scandal emphasises the government's inaction to introduce new duties on employers to prevent harassment at work.

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    Sexual harassment in the Army ‘part of a wider cultural issue’, report finds

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Apr 2022

    Reports of sexual harassment in the Army have reduced since the research was last carried out, but a report suggests lewd behaviour is still present in the Army’s culture.

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    by Personnel Today 1 Apr 2022

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    Lloyd’s of London firm fined £1m over bullying and sexual harassment

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Mar 2022

    Heavy drinking, initiation games, bullying and sexual harassment led to record fine from Lloyd's disciplinary team for Atrium Underwriting.

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    by Adam McCulloch 11 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Feb 2022

    HR pours cold water on Valentine's Day with warnings about office romances while Dolly Parton showers employees with love in the form of employee benefits.

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    ‘More required’ to overhaul toxic culture at Met Police, report finds

    by Jo Faragher 2 Feb 2022
    by Jo Faragher 2 Feb 2022

    An investigation has found officers routinely shared violent, misogynist and discriminatory messages.

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    Don’t lose momentum on action over sexual harassment, ministers told

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Jan 2022

    Six months after ministers said they would create a duty on organisations to prevent sexual harassment, a UK lawyer has said it's time for legislation.

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    Universities vow to end use of NDAs in abuse and bullying cases

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2022

    Six universities have pledged to end the use of non-disclosure agreements when dealing with complaints of sexual misconduct, bullying and other forms of harassment.

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    Former British Council official wins unfair dismissal claim

    by Jo Faragher 12 Jan 2022
    by Jo Faragher 12 Jan 2022

    A senior British Council official has won his unfair dismissal case over claims he groped a female embassy worker at...

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    Domestic abuse is everyone’s business – which is why workplaces should do more

    by Lisa Davis 10 Dec 2021
    by Lisa Davis 10 Dec 2021

    Domestic abuse is too rarely discussed in the work environment yet its effects can be highly damaging to employees and their colleagues.

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    ‘Wokeful’? No, Armed Forces’ diversity is woeful says chief of defence staff

    by Rob Moss 8 Dec 2021
    by Rob Moss 8 Dec 2021

    Admiral Sir Tony Radakin has said that the Armed Forces risked ‘looking ridiculous’ unless they better reflect the nation they...

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    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Dec 2021

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