By Tina McKevitt
Author: Brightmine Editorial Team
This guide covers harassment related to protected characteristics, including the positive duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment.
In this guide, learn about:
- Relevant protected characteristics
- Definition of employment
- Types of harassment
- Harassment related to protected characteristic
- Unwanted conduct
- Related to protected characteristic
- Purpose or effect
- Harassment of sexual nature
- Rejection of, or submission to, harassing behaviour
- Duty to prevent sexual harassment
- Anticipatory duty
- Reasonable steps
- Third-party harassment
- Protection from Harassment Act 1997
- Remedies and penalties
- Employment tribunal award of compensation
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Future developments
- Third-party harassment provisions in Employment Rights Act 2025
- Sexual harassment provisions in Employment Rights Act 2025
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