Equality Act 2010 Compliant

Employees have the right to dignity and respect whilst they are at work. In actual fact, under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, employers have a duty to provide a safe place and system of work. Whilst bullying and harassment are covered in this legislation, businesses are urged to have a separate policy in place to show their commitment to ensuring no employee suffers from bullying and harassment.

The Equality Act covers the same groups that were protected by existing equality legislation – age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity. These are now called ‘protected characteristics’.  Whilst having been designed to make the law simpler, it now makes it much easier for individuals to bring complaints of discrimination if they feel their employer has treated them unfairly.

The Bullying & Harassment Policy covers the following:

- Outline of Legislative Framework

- Placeholders for those responsible for the policy

- To whom the policy applies

- Definitions of harassment and bullying

- Steps that will be taken to resolve issues

- How employees should raise complaints

- Process of investigation

This policy refers to the disciplinary procedure.

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