A report published by the Women and Equalities Committee finds that sexual harassment at work is widespread and commonplace but there has been a failure to tackle unlawful behaviours. Following its inquiry into sexual harassment in the workplace, the Committee’s report highlights that 40% of women and 18% of men have experienced unwanted sexual behaviour at work but employers and regulators have ignored their responsibilities for too long and often legal protections are not available to workers in practice. The Committee have put forward a 5-point plan to place tackling sexual harassment at the top of agenda for employers: (1) Introduce a new duty on employers to prevent harassment; (2) Require regulators to take a more active role; (3) Make enforcement processes work better for employees; (4)  Clean up the use of non-disclosure agreements; and (5) Collect robust data on the extent of sexual harassment and the number of ET claims.

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