Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023
Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023
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Overview of the Act
Reproduced verbatim from the Explanatory Notes published with the Act on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Explanatory Notes are prepared by the responsible government department and are not part 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.
Type: UK Public General Act
Year and chapter: 2023 c. 51
Royal Assent: 2023-10-26
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk. Acts commence section by section — check the official text for commencement orders.