Tag: sexual harassment

We discuss the latest changes in legislation around sexual harassment with Valerie Merrill of Merrill consultants  – her questions are likely the ones on everyone’s mind so take a look for some practical answers

Two students at the Cannes festival this year have filed a sexual assault complaint after a shocking encounter in what should have been a safe and professional work related space. We look at two vital lessons for organisations as a result of this incident and in the run up to the Worker Protection Act…

We see so much evidence that if inappropriate and disrespectful behaviours are not addressed early, they become not only tolerated but normalised and eventually escalate… and that is where we then see hard hitting headlines about tribunals and reputational damage. So what should organisations be doing?

As the implementation of the Worker Protection Act draws nearer, Wera Hobhouse’s (MP and architect of the new sexual harassment legislation) comment will strike a chord with many “What one also finds again and again is that the employer does not really know what to do.”

Here we help with clear practical steps.

We are delighted that Stella will be speaking at the PPMA conference on Friday 26th April at 11.00

The session will be tailored to the HR community and asking “HR; are we handling the “bad banter”?”

The stand out comment from all the commentary about the new sexual harassment bill becoming law was from Wera Hobhouse – the liberal democrat MP who first introduced the bill –

“What one also finds again and again is that the employer does not really know what to do.”

Read more to find out two specific things you can do now.

Read about how one company changed its approach to workplace parties and reaped far more benefits than they anticipated….