Overview of the Act
The Act consists of 5 sections:
Section 1 introduces a duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees;
Section 2 makes provision about the enforcement of the employer duty;
Section 3 provides for a compensation uplift in sexual harassment cases where there has been a breach of the employer duty;
Section 4 makes consequential amendments to the Equality Act 2006 ("the 2006 Act"); and
Section 5 details the extent of the sections and when the provisions will commence.