The Government Equalities Office has launched a new consultation reviewing current legislation surrounding sexual harassment in the workplace.
This is a technical consultation which primarily seeks responses from organisations and explores the following points:
- The evidence for the introduction of a mandatory duty on employers to protect workers from harassment and victimisation in the workplace;
- How best to strengthen and clarify the laws in relation to third party harassment;
- Whether interns are adequately protected by the Equality Act;
- The evidence for extending the protections of the Equality Act to volunteers;
- The evidence for extending Employment Tribunal time limits in the Equality Act from three months.
We note that issues affecting the volunteer sector may be of particular interest to our readers. For more information, the full consultation can be found here.
The consultation closes on 2nd October 2019.