In our latest international employment alert we look at recent legal changes as well as changes on the horizon in the employment law field. Click below to see the legal updates in the following jurisdictions:
United Kingdom
UK: Three legal changes on the horizon
1. Sexual harassment consultation
The Government has published its response to the consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace. The key responses are:.
-New duty on employers proactively to prevent harassment The Government intends to introduce a new duty on employers proactively to take steps to prevent harassment. It anticipates the duty will require employers to take ‘all reasonable steps’ to prevent harassment, and for an incident to have taken place before an individual can make a claim. The Government intends to bring forward legislation “as soon as parliamentary time allows”.
-Third party harassment The Government will introduce workplace protections against third-party harassment “when parliamentary time allows” and will continue to work with stakeholders to help shape the protection, particularly on whether it should only apply in situations in which an incident of harassment has already occurred.
-Volunteers and interns The consultation addressed whether the Equality Act protects volunteers and interns. The Government believes that most of those classified as interns should already be protected under that Act. It will not extend protection to "pure" volunteers, since this may have undesirable...
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