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Harassment and Third-Party Liability: What 'All Reasonable Steps' Looks Like for a Small Business
The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 introduced a new preventative duty on employers. It requires you to take 'all reasonable steps' to prevent sexual harassment of your employees — not just to respond when it happens.
The Employment Rights Act builds on this framework, and the direction of regulatory travel is clear: employers are increasingly expected to be proactive, not reactive.
For small business owners, 'all reasonable steps' can sound like a phrase designed for large organisations with dedicated HR and legal teams. So let's make it concrete.
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