Please note that the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 is in force from 26 October 2024.

If you’re an employer, you have a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of your employees. This includes preventing sexual harassment by third parties, such as customers and suppliers.  

We’re committed to maintaining a safe and respectful workplace for our colleagues and complying with our legal obligations.  We enforce a strict zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment.  

Sexual harassment is especially serious, and it will not be tolerated by us in any of our workplaces. We expect the same approach and level of commitment from our partners – whether you’re a contractor, customer, supplier, patient or another third party we work with.  

It’s important that you have appropriate policies, procedures, training and reporting mechanisms in place to comply with your legal obligation to prevent sexual harassment.   We’ll be communicating directly with all our partners in due course to discuss our commitment to preventing sexual harassment and how we can work together to maintain safe and respectful workplaces for everyone.  

Our policy on Dignity and Respect at Work – Sexual Harassment can be found here.  

Thank you for your cooperation and commitment to fostering a safe and respectful working environment.