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United Kingdom: The duty to prevent sexual harassment at work: reasonable or not?

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In brief

In an article published in Compliance & Risk Journal, Kim Sartin, Lauren French and Melissa Chan discuss the new duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their workers in the course of their employment that came into force on 26 October 2024.

Key takeaways

Workplace culture is evolving – and the onus is increasingly being placed on employers to help drive this change. With the introduction of a new preventative duty, the UK legal system is shining a spotlight on the role of employers in taking ownership of their workplace culture and preventing sexual harassment before it happens.

Click here to read the full article. It was published in Compliance & Risk Journal, volume 13, issue 6.

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Kim Sartin is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Employment and Compensation team in London and a Member of the Firm’s Global TMT Group SteerCo. She is ranked as a leading individual in Chambers, as Up and Coming for Industrial Relations and recognised for her experience in the TMT sector (Chambers Global, UK). She is described as “a true global partner” who “stands apart with her business acumen”.

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Lauren is a senior associate in the Employment department of Baker McKenzie's London office. She joined Baker & McKenzie LLP as a trainee in September 2015. She subsequently qualified as an associate and was admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales in September 2017. As part of her training contract, Lauren spent time in the Employment, Pensions, IT/Commercial and Corporate Finance departments. She has undertaken multiple client secondments since qualification.

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Melissa is an associate in the Employment & Compensation Department of Baker McKenzie in London. She joined Baker McKenzie in March 2021 as a trainee.
As part of her training contract, Melissa spent time in the Employment, Corporate Reorganisations and IP, Technology, Commercial and Data departments, as well as a six month secondment to the legal team of Unilever's Global Headquarters. She subsequently qualified as an associate and was admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales in March 2023.

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