Liabilities and Responsibilities in Cases of Sexual Harassment at Workplace

Professional Legal
Skills

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

INTRODUCTION
A student who has completed their Bachelor of Legislative law. This course is designed
in such a way that it gives the academic and training in practising in law firms, which helps the
students in providing them knowledge and implication of that in the real world. There are many
skills which are required by the individual to carry out this profession (Tsotsotso and et. al.,
2017). These skills include: the person must be aware about the surrounding, they must believe
in the team work, they must have a good communication skill which helps in convincing the
clients or the Jury and many other useful skills are required.
In this easy we will be discussing about the Kelly who is employed in People United
organisation, where she has suffered for the sexual harassment at her workplace. In this essay, it
will be discussed about the liabilities and responsibilities of the employer to say their employees
from these unlawful conduct.
MAIN BODY
The Employment law of United Kingdom helps in regulate the relationship between
employers and employees. People who are employed in any kind of work will be benefited from
the Acts which protect their rights. The workers have the right to get minimum wages, there must
be a reasonable working hours, there must be flexible working pattern in the organisation,
amount of pension for which the employees are entitle for (Perlman and et. al., 2017). The
employees and employers must be protected their rights which are generated under this relation.
The Equality Act, 2010 says that the person should be treated equally unless and until
they are bared by the established procedure of law. The termination of the employees must be on
reasonable bases and with proper service of the described time period. The purpose of this Act is
to provide a dignity standard of life to their employees. Everyone will be protected under this
Act whether they are full time employed or part time employed or contractual terms.
Sexual Harassment means when a person uses uninvited and unwelcome verbal or
physical behaviour which are in sexual in nature. It comes under the criminal wrong. It includes
rape, sexual assault, unwanted pressure for physical relationship, uncalled touching to human
body, verbal or written comments of sexual natures, cat calls and many more which amounts to a
sexual harassment (Landolt and Thieme 2018). When this happens with anyone in the