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Employment: Sexual Harassment

Commons · Question 92238 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Women and Equalities · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Nichols

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure employers are taking a proactive and preventative approach to protecting their employees from workplace sexual harassment.

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 26 Nov 2025

On 26 October 2024, the Worker Protection (Amendment to the Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 came into force. This inserted a new section 40A into the Equality Act 2010 which requires employers to anticipate the risk of sexual harassment occurring and take ste...