Shane Crawford discusses the proposals to tackle workplace sexual harassment
- The issue of sexual harassment has been brought into sharper focus in recent times by the reported acts and behaviour suffered by women from a spectrum of different occupations.
- The Women and Equality Committee has recently concluded that there has been a failure by employers and regulators to properly tackle the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace.
The report on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, published recently by the Women and Equality Committee discloses interesting proposals for changes to the law protecting individuals against sexual harassment in the workplace.
It advised that urgent action by employers, regulators and government is required to tackle workplace sexual harassment and it was anxious that the will to address the situation does not wane as the news cycle inevitably moves on. The evidential basis for the findings and recommendations of the report included oral evidence of witnesses questioned during seven sessions of the committee and different sources of research such as surveys conducted
