Sexual Harassment at Workplace: Case Scenario and Legal Implications

Professional Legal
Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Employee behaviour can be defined as the reaction of the employee to the particular
situation at the workplace. The workers have to behave very sensibly in the workplace not only
to take appreciation but also to build the healthy culture within the organisation. There has been
a culture of harassment at the workplace where women are subject to unprofessional and
unethical behaviour by their colleagues and seniors which makes their working difficult
(Harrison, Fox and Hulme, 2020). The law prohibits such kind of behaviour in order to bring
equality and fairness in the workplace and also to promote safe environment for women. This
report shall cover a case scenario relating to sexual harassment at workplace.
MAIN BODY
The employment law is designed to protect and maintain the healthy and positive
employer- employee relationship. There are many legislations which comes under the umbrella
of employment which includes Equality Act, National minimum wages Act and many other. The
foremost important piece of legislation is equality Act which promotes equal and fair opportunity
for all and prohibits discrimination at workplace. Harassment is also a kind of discrimination
which is mainly faced by the women and the equality Act includes the provision to prohibit the
sexual harassment at workplace.
If a person abuses, insults or otherwise harms the other on regular basis, it is termed as
harassment. Sexual harassment is one such which is prohibited at the workplace in order to bring
safe and secure environment for all and the legislation on the harassment offers to promote fair
and equal opportunity for all, irrespective of their gender, race or other protective characteristics
(Samora and et. al., 2020).
A behaviour which is characterised by making the inappropriate and unwelcome sexual
remark or the physical advances at professional or the social situation is regarded as the sexual
harassment. There has been the law for preventing the sexual harassment at workplace under the
Sex Discrimination Act and the Race Relations Act but recently, due to rise in the cases of
harassment, a specific piece of legislation is been made which defines the harassment as
unlawful.
Under Equality Act of 2010, sexual harassment is the form of unlawful discrimination
which states that if any behaviour is meant to violate the dignity of other or creates the hostile,