Managing sexual harassment at work
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Senior Associate
UK
I am an employment lawyer in our International HR Services Group based in London. I have a broad range of experience across contentious and non-contentious employment matters and act for clients operating across a number of sectors. With substantial in-house experience, I offer clients practical and commercial advice.
Employers have a legal and moral duty to provide a safe workplace and, increasingly, this goes beyond investigating and dealing with allegations of sexual harassment when they arise. Proposed new legislation in the UK (which is currently progressing through Parliament) will put employers under a positive duty to take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment and to protect workers from being harassed by third parties.
In an article for the Business Reporter, Senior associate Kate Hurn explores the practical and personal challenges that senior leaders face when addressing issues of sexual discrimination within the business. Kate notes that businesses in which workers experience sexual harassment are likely to suffer from lower productivity, increased staff turnover, absenteeism and poorer recruitment rates. She discusses the role of NDAs as well as the key areas that employers should address to root out sexual harassment at work.
To read the full Business Reporter article, click here
For more information on managing sexual harassment risks, watch our recent event recording here, which forms part of our Managing compliance: The People Risk Agenda series.
