Third-Party Sexual Harassment Policy
A. INTRODUCTION
- ) All members of staff are entitled to be treated with dignity and respect in our place of work. This means freedom from sexual harassment, feeling safe and supported, and having access to redress if such behaviour does arise.
- ) Sexual harassment takes many forms but whatever form it takes, it is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010 as amended. We will not tolerate it.
B. THIRD-PARTY SEXUAL HARASSMENT
1.) Third-party sexual harassment occurs when one of our workforce is subjected to sexual harassment by someone who is not part of our workforce but who is encountered in connection with work. This includes our customers, suppliers, members of the public, (i.e. clients, candidates, contractors, friends and family of colleagues, delegates at a conference, audiences, self-employed contractors etc).
2.) Third-party sexual harassment of our workforce is unlawful and will not be tolerated. The law requires employers to take steps to prevent sexual harassment by third parties.
3.) In order to prevent third-party sexual harassment from occurring, we will:
a) inform third-parties i.e. suppliers of our zero-tolerance sexual harassment policy within our supplier documentation
b) inform customers/clients of our zero-tolerance sexual harassment policy within our customer/client documentation
c) inform candidates/contractors of our zero-tolerance sexual harassment policy within our candidate/contractor documentation
d) Publish a third-party sexual harassment policy on our website
4.) Should a third-party sexually harass a member of our workforce, we will warn the organisation/individual about their behaviour and where deemed appropriate, cease working with the organisation/individual. Any criminal acts will be reported to the police.
5.) We will not tolerate sexual harassment by any member of our workforce against a third party. Instances of sexual harassment of this kind may lead to disciplinary action including termination of employment
C. CONCLUSION
Project Recruit Ltd will not tolerate sexual harassment in any form towards our staff. A copy of our full Sexual Harassment Policy can be requested by contacting our HR department.
If you are deemed to have breached our Sexual Harassment Policy, you will be warned that continued provision of services will cease if you act in a similar way again. Should your behaviour recur, you will be informed that services will cease. Any criminal acts will be reported to the police, and we will share information relating to the incident with our group companies to ensure that we maintain a consistent approach to the cessation of services.
