As an employer, you must do all you can to prevent people in your workplace from being sexually harassed and respond to any sexual harassment allegation. Sexual harassment claims are when your staff experience unwanted behaviour from another employee which is of a sexual nature, and it either violates a person’s dignity or creates an environment which is offensive, humiliating, degrading and hostile. Ultimately, it does not matter whether the perpetrator intended the behaviour to cause this harm; workplace sexual harassment is illegal. This article will explain what you, as an employer, should and should not do when responding to sexual harassment allegations in England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you face an allegation of sexual harassment<\/a> in your workplace, you must act as quickly as possible and take it very seriously. This will involve talking to the person who is the victim of sexual harassment. You should discern what happened and how the victim wants to deal with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When speaking to the affected person, you should:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You should keep a written record of your discussion. In saying that, you should ensure the sexual harassment allegation is kept as confidential as possible so only those who need to know about it do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n When you receive an allegation of sexual harassment, you must follow a full and fair procedure. If not, this could be a factor against you if you face an employment tribunal for an employment claim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You should follow your workplace’s sexual harassment policy or procedure when responding to the allegation. If not, you may turn to your disciplinary and grievance procedure<\/a>. Any procedure you use should align with the Acas Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures<\/a>. Hence, it is wise to ask the person making the allegation to make a grievance for you to follow up. If they are too distressed, you may use your disciplinary procedure on the person who has allegedly sexually harassed them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\n\n
Follow a Full and Fair Procedure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n