Sexual harassment risk assessment checklist
All employers in the UK must protect their staff from sexual harassment in the workplace. In England, Wales and Scotland, employers must proactively take reasonable steps to prevent it. Although this proactive element doesn't apply in Northern Ireland, employers can still be held liable in the event of sexual harassment if they failed to take reasonable steps to prevent it.
Employers in the UK can also be held liable if they fail to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment by third parties, e.g. customers.
A key part of fulfilling your obligations is to assess the potential risk of staff being exposed to sexual harassment. This checklist will ask you about various aspects of your business and help you to assess the levels of risk involved.
It'll also help you to outline what actions you're taking, their shortcomings, and any further action that might be needed to minimise or eliminate the risks.
Before completing this document, it's strongly recommended that you ask your staff to complete an anonymous survey about their experiences of sexual harassment in the workplace, and gather the results. You can use our Sexual harassment climate survey to do this.
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