Keeping it Legal: Preventing workplace harassment

Join Juliet Bawtree, IPA Director, Employment Law, and guest speaker, Richard Moore, partner at Lewis Silkin, for specialist guidance on the upcoming, new, extended employer duty to take ‘all’ reasonable steps to prevent workplace sexual harassment and harassment by third parties such as clients and suppliers under the Equality Act 2010. 

This hour-long webinar will consider these topical new laws forming part of the significant Employment Rights Act 2025 reforms, helping agency employers get to grips with their sizeable new duties.

Tune in for practical guidance on areas such as:

• What will constitute ‘all reasonable’ steps for our industry?
• How should organisational risk assessments be updated/expanded?
• Third party harassment – how far can agencies go with client and supplier contract and policy requirements?
• What guidance is currently available for employers on expected all reasonable preventative harassment steps?
• Effective processes for managing complaints and addressing harassment.
• Educating staff in recognition, prevention and response to prohibited harassment under the Equality Act.

Agenda

9.30am Introduction and the agency context

• Juliet Bawtree, Director, Employment Law, IPA

9.35am Preventing sexual harassment and third party harassment – practical steps for employer compliance

• Richard Moore, Partner, Lewis Silkin

10.15am Common questions and Q&A

10.25am Close

Please note this free webinar is for IPA members only and most suitable for those in HR, operations, management, and DE&I roles.