Anti-Harassment and Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy

A policy built around the duty to take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment and protect staff from third-party harassment, with a full risk assessment.

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People & HR

Anti-Harassment and Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy

About this document

What it’s for

A detailed policy on preventing and dealing with harassment, sexual harassment and bullying at work, including harassment by customers and other third parties. It is built around the employer’s legal duty to take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, and includes a sexual harassment risk assessment, a complaint form, a manager’s checklist and wording for a customer notice and supplier contracts.

When to use it

  • As your main dignity at work policy, alongside your EDI policy
  • To evidence the preventative steps you have taken if a claim is made
  • When reviewing working practices, social events or client-facing roles

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  1. Policy statement
  2. Scope
  3. The law
  4. What harassment and bullying mean
  5. Roles and responsibilities
  6. How we prevent harassment
  7. Harassment by customers, clients and other third parties
  8. Reporting a concern
  9. Informal resolution
  10. Formal complaints and investigation
  11. Outcome and appeal
  12. Support for those affected
  13. Protection from victimisation and false allegations
  14. Confidentiality, agreements and records
  15. Training, monitoring and review

Also included

  • Employee acknowledgement
  • How to complete it
  • Part 1 – About the workplace
  • Part 3 – Action plan
  • Part 4 – Communication, sign-off and review
  • Immediately
  • Within 2 working days
  • During the process
  • Afterwards
  • Notice for display in public areas, on your website or in booking confirmations
  • Clause for client, supplier and contractor agreements

How to complete it

  • Insert names of the people staff can report to, and your reporting routes
  • Complete the risk assessment in Appendix A for your own workplace – do not leave it generic
  • Choose the options in sections 6 and 7 that fit your business
  • Train managers and brief all staff, and keep records of both

Key points to check

  • The law changed on 26 October 2024 and again on 30 October 2026 – see section 3
  • Regulations setting out specific “reasonable steps” are expected but were not in force at the date of this template – check gov.uk
  • Review the risk assessment at least annually and after any complaint

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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