Sexual harassment is unwanted behaviour of a sexual nature, says Alison Loveday, an employment lawyer and business consultant at Lockett Loveday McMahon Solicitors in Manchester.

It must have either violated someone’s dignity, whether it was intended or not, or created an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them, whether it was intended or not.

“It can be a one-off act or a pattern of behaviour but it doesn’t have to be repeated,” she says.

According to the workplace experts Acas, examples include:

  • making sexual remarks about someone’s body, clothing or appearance
  • asking questions about someone’s sex life
  • telling sexually offensive jokes, making sexual comments or jokes about someone’s sexual orientation or gender reassignment
  • displaying or sharing pornographic or sexual images, or other sexual content
  • touching someone against their will, for example, hugging them
  • sexual assault or rape

In the workplace it covers employees and workers, contractors and self-employed people, as well as job applicants.

What counts as a workplace? The workplace in this context isn’t just “the office”.

“If an event or situation is in any way connected with work then it can fall under the workplace… and there could be a claim brought for sexual harassment,” says Ms Loveday.

“That could be a Christmas party, a client event or messaging between colleagues.”

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