Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how she plans to monitor the effectiveness of the new preventative duty on sexual harassment.

The Office for Equality and Opportunity will formally review the Worker Protection (Amendment to the Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 after five years to evaluate its effectiveness.

We will use Employment Tribunal data and Acas management information to monitor the impact of the new duty.

We are also taking action to strengthen the duty through the Employment Rights Bill to require employers to take “all reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment of their employees.