Duty to prevent sexual harassment | One year on, many employers still unprepared

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Nearly a year since the Worker Protection Act 2024 came into effect, new research from our sister company WorkNest highlights that many organisations are still not fully meeting their legal duty to prevent sexual harassment at work.

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Supporting neurodivergent volunteers: How to get it right

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Volunteers bring significant value - to themselves, and to the organisations they contribute to. For neurodivergent individuals the benefits can be especially powerful: building skills, confidence, belonging and social connection. The story of Tom Boyd recently captured the nation’s attention. Beyond the human-interest angle, Tom’s experience raises critical lessons for organisations about compliance, volunteer management, and training.

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Are NDAs still legal? The new rules employers must know

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If your organisation uses non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) or confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements or employment contracts, read on. New proposals could soon make it unlawful for employers to use NDAs to stop employees speaking out about harassment or discrimination at work. In a post-#MeToo world, the UK government is moving to render certain NDAs unenforceable. Proposed amendments to the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) would, if passed, give stronger protection to anyone who has experienced – or witnessed – workplace harassment or discrimination.

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Download: Handling Harassment Outside of Work

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Employers can be held liable for the discriminatory actions of their staff. But what if harassment happens outside working hours or off work premises? A recent case has offered some clarity.

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Guide: Supporting Neurodiversity in the Workplace

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This guide serves as an introduction to some of the key legal considerations that relate to neurodiversity, as well as including some examples of reasonable adjustments. Download it for free using the link.

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Preventing Workplace Christmas Party Disasters: Dealing with Alcohol, Secret Santa and Out of Control Employees

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Christmas is a time for celebration, appreciation and fun, but it can also be a real headache from a HR perspective. In this blog we cover some of the potential…

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Alcohol at the Christmas Party: How to Prevent 3 Sobering HR Problems

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Office parties and work-related events are a perfect opportunity for socialising, strengthening team connections, and letting off steam. But often these gatherings come with a common ingredient that can either…

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Secret Santa: 3 Ways to Keep Gift-Giving Fun, Without Unwrapping HR Issues

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Love it or hate it, Secret Santa is something many workplaces participate in in the lead up to Christmas, as an opportunity for team bonding and a little light-hearted relief.…

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Template: Christmas Party Memo

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Please click the link below to download our template for communicating guidelines for staff to follow at the Christmas Party.

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Dignity at Work: Do Your Team Know the Behaviour Boundaries?

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Recently, we have seen an increase in challenges around employee’s understanding of standards of behaviour and where they apply. So, we spent some time taking a deeper dive...

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Checklist: Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

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Practical steps for HR professionals based on EHRC guidance Despite sexual harassment being unlawful for almost four decades, the #MeToo campaign and subsequent research highlighted that it remains a pervasive…

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What Is The Risk of Sexual Harassment in Your Organisation?

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On 26th October 2024 employers will be obliged to take ‘reasonable steps’ to protect workers from harassment of a sexual nature (‘sexual harassment’). Guidance from the Equality & Human Rights…

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Webinar: New Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment by 3rd Parties

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What do the upcoming changes to sexual harassment law mean for employees and how can businesses prepare?

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Designing your Dignity at Work Ecosystem

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What do you need to be building right now, ahead of the new requirements taking effect in October 2024? Vicky and Tim explore how to build your dignity work ‘ecosystem’ of policy, reporting tools, investigations practice and training in the light of the new legislation.

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Reasonable Steps v All Reasonable Steps

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What does it mean when building a defence to sexual harassment?

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Bringing ‘outside of work’ issues, inside work: How to make your sexual harassment training stick

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Recent research from Sport England has revealed that some 60% of women worry about the risk of sexual harassment whilst out on a run. How can we start to feed this lived experience into our training to make it stick?

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The Risk of Wilful Blindness: Why Ignorance Isn’t Always Bliss

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Some tools & techniques to help HR teams to tackle Wilful Blindness and achieve a respectful and inclusive culture.

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How Sexual Harassment Harms Psychological Safety

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How sexual harassment harms psychological safety (and what to do about it). An interactive webinar with our employment law and training experts.

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The New Proposed Positive Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment – Where are we now?

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The latest updates on the new proposed positive duty to prevent sexual harassment.

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Building an Inclusive Culture: Navigating Respectful and Disrespectful Questions

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How to ask respectful questions.

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Gender Inclusivity Guide: Gender discussions into bite sized chunks

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Gender inclusivity can be a complex area to navigate. This Gender Inclusivity Guide breaks this big topic down into bite-sized chunks.

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Do you have a problem with harassment at work?

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The understanding that ‘harassment at work can happen unintentionally’ is nothing new to HR or learning and development, and it could be tempting to think ‘that sort of thing’ won’t…

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Inappropriate Behaviour at Work: Why Don’t we Speak Up?

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It’s happened to most of us. ‘That joke’ (or comment, action or question) at work that made us feel uncomfortable. And yet, we put up with it – and perhaps…

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The Digital Classroom: The Triune Brain

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We use the reptilian, or Triune brain as part of our training on a variety of topics. Its a great tool to help us understand our reactions, why they happen,…

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What is ‘Dignity at Work’ Anyway?

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Dignity at work is the title of our flagship training programme at Vista. But what does dignity at work really mean? In order to feel valued and included at work,…

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Is Mistletoe a Defence to Sexual Harassment?

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It’s Christmas party day at the office. Christmas jumper day – done. Christmas quiz – won. Christmas lunch – devoured. Spirits are high as your colleagues leave to get ready…

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Dignity at Work – Meet our Dignity Dinosaurs

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Dignity at work is a complex and emotional topic and has become one of the toughest training challenges for Learning and Development professionals to tackle. We’ve developed a communication strategy…

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Achieving Respect in the Workplace: The 10 Must-Have Messages to Communicate to your Employees

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It’s well understood that achieving respect in the workplace is everyone’s job. It’s also the case that people don’t recognise that the impact of behaviour can be different to their…

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Four Practical Ways to Tackle Unconscious Bias

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We’re human, we all have unconscious biases that play a huge role in the decisions we make day in, day out, at home or at work. When these biases rear…

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Dignity at Work: Meet our Dignity Dinosaurs

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Dignity at work is a complex and emotional topic and has become one of the toughest training challenges for Learning and Development professionals to tackle. One thing is for sure,…

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