A new study* by Culture Shift has revealed that nearly half (45%) of UK businesses and HR professionals didn’t know that the new Worker Protection Act, which specifically addresses sexual harassment in the workplace, will be coming into force next month.
This is despite 66% of respondents stating that the prevention of sexual harassment is of high importance within their company objectives.
The Worker Protection Act is an amendment of the Equality Act 2010 and creates a duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees in the workplace.
Culture Shift, a company that exists to lead a positive change in organisational culture, also found that 39% of respondents stated that more importance needs to be placed on harassment in the workplace, while one in three (33%) of those surveyed felt organisations still lack formal policies around harassment. In addition to this, only 39% of respondents felt their business was...