Employers: no duty where staff are harassed by third parties
As alluded to earlier in the context of sexual harassment, under the current law, employers are not legally liable - in a way that can be enforced as a free-standing legal claim - where staff are harassed by third parties outside of the employer’s direct control, such as by customers, clients or suppliers.iEnterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, section 65, repealing section 40(2)-(4) of the Equality Act 2010.1Unite the Union v...