The employer's guide to October 2026 harassment rule changes
From October 2026, employers will have two tougher legal duties around harassment.
The first: if you're taken to tribunal over a sexual harassment claim, you need to be able to show that there were genuinely no further steps you could reasonably have taken to prevent it from happening.
On top of that, employers will also be liable for third-party harassment.
This means that you also need to take all reasonable steps to prevent harassment by clients, customers, contractors and members of the public.
If you haven't started preparing yet, now is the time.
Our latest guide walks you through what this all means and includes a 6-step checklist to make sure that you're covered if anything happens.
Read it below.
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