The Government has launched a consultation which aims to gather evidence about whether the current laws on protecting people from sexual harassment in the workplace are effective. The Government wants to focus on some particular issues, i.e.: (1) How best to make sure employers take all the steps they can to prevent harassment from happening; (2) Strengthening and clarifying the law so it’s clear employers should protect their staff from being harassed by clients, customers, or other people from outside their organisation; and (3) Whether people should be given longer to take a harassment, discrimination or victimisation claim to an Employment Tribunal.

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