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Preventing sexual harassment: How to conduct a risk assessment under the Employment Rights Act

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Why download this guide

  • Understand exactly what the move to “all reasonable steps” means for your organisation
  • Turn broad harassment risk into specific scenarios that managers can actually act on
  • Score and prioritise risks, and test whether your existing controls really work
  • Make third-party controls operational, including for high-value clients and customers
  • Build a defensible record that links every identified risk to a reasoned decision and a completed action

What’s in the guide

  • The law on sexual harassment, third-party harassment and the different forms of employer liability
  • An eight-step risk assessment process, from setting scope and gathering evidence to reviewing whether controls work
  • A simple likelihood and severity scoring method for prioritising action
  • A worked example on client entertainment, from initial rating to further reasonable steps
  • What to record for every risk, with a ready-to-use field structure
  • Tailored guidance for small, medium-sized and large firms
  • Likely risk areas across eight sectors, including professional services, retail, hospitality, healthcare and education
  • Questions to ask before signing off, plus a practical implementation sequence