Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: The Linklaters Podcast
Episode: Changes to harassment laws // Employment & Incentives
Description: Episode 2: Introducing the Employment Rights Act 2025
Speakers: Kloe Halls, Anjali Raval, Alice Dunn
Workplace harassment laws are set for the biggest overhaul in over a decade under the new Employment Rights Act 2025 (âERA 2025â).Â
In our podcast, we discuss how employers can prepare for the four headline changes:
 Strengthening the duty to prevent sexual harassment. The duty to take 'reasonable steps' to prevent sexual harassment of staff will be ramped up to âall reasonable stepsâ from October 2026.Â
 Employer liability for third-party harassment. Employers will be liable if they fail to take all reasonable steps to prevent thir...