Inclusive Employers Beyond compliance: Protecting your people and your organisation
The new duty to prevent sexual harassment isn’t just about legal requirements, it’s about creating workplaces where everyone feels safe, valued, and protected. With legislation expanding to cover all protected characteristics, the stakes have never been higher for getting this right.
Our harassment liability consultancy services
We help organisations understand and address harassment risk with expert-led consultancy. Our approach moves beyond tick-box compliance to create comprehensive strategies that protect your people and your organisation from liability.
Risk assessment
Identify and understand your areas of greatest harassment risk with our comprehensive assessment service.
This service is ideal for organisations seeking support to identify or understand the areas of greatest risk. We begin with a joint investigative meeting to review your current situation and develop a tailored plan to gather deeper insights.
What we deliver:
- Stakeholder interviews to understand leadership perspectives and concerns
- Colleague round tables to gather frontline experiences and insights
- Analysis of industry-specific risk factors and trends
- Comprehensive risk assessment document with detailed findings
- Short report detailing contributory factors and priority areas
Why this matters
Understanding your specific risk profile enables targeted action that protects your people whilst efficiently allocating resources where they’ll have the greatest impact.
Harassment mitigation strategy
Transform your risk assessment insights into a comprehensive organisational response strategy.
Using insights from your existing risk assessment or with our assessment service, we draft a comprehensive strategy to respond to and mitigate identified risks. This strategic approach ensures your organisation takes proportionate, effective action across all areas of potential liability.
What we deliver:
- Review of risk assessment findings and implications
- Comprehensive mitigation strategy document
- Presentation to senior stakeholders (one presentation included)
- Strategy updates incorporating stakeholder feedback (one round included)
- Optional policy document detailing strategy implementation
Why this matters
A well-crafted strategy provides the framework for consistent, organisation-wide action whilst demonstrating due diligence to regulators and tribunals.
Action plan development
Translate your strategy into clear, actionable steps with defined timescales and accountability.
This service transforms high-level strategy into a practical roadmap ready for deployment. We work with you to create detailed implementation plans that turn strategic intent into measurable progress.
What we deliver:
- Translation of strategy into specific workstreams
- Detailed task breakdown for each workstream delivery
- Milestone identification and timeline development
- Workstream ownership allocation and accountability framework
- Comprehensive action plan document ready for implementation
Why this matters
Clear action plans ensure strategic intentions become reality, providing the structured approach needed to demonstrate reasonable steps and continuous improvement.
Facilitated C-suite engagement sessions
Build leadership understanding and commitment through facilitated discussions with your executive team.
Our Principal Consultants engage directly with your C-suite, helping them understand the implications of new legislation and the importance of organisational action.
What we deliver:
- Fully tailored sessions designed for your leadership context
- Expert facilitation by industry-leading inclusion specialists
- Clear explanation of legal duties and organisational implications
- Discussion of strategic options and resource requirements
- Action-oriented outcomes that drive organisational commitment
Why this matters
When leadership understands both the risks and opportunities of proactive harassment prevention, they become champions for the cultural and systemic changes needed to protect your organisation.
Your tailored approach
These services can be taken individually or combined into a comprehensive package tailored to your organisation’s specific needs and circumstances. Many organisations benefit from progressing through multiple options, building from risk assessment through to full implementation.
We work with you to identify the right combination and continue supporting you through implementation, helping shape individual projects and workstreams as your action plan develops.
The changing legal landscape
The duty to prevent sexual harassment came into force in autumn 2024, requiring employers to proactively take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of employees – including harassment by third parties. Current legislation before parliament could significantly expand these responsibilities:
Extending the proactive duty to prevent harassment to all protected characteristics
- Extending the proactive duty to prevent harassment to all protected characteristics
- Requiring employers to take all reasonable steps, not just some
- Introducing the right for employees to take employers to tribunal if harassed by a third party at work
This represents a fundamental shift in employer responsibility, moving from reactive responses to proactive prevention across all areas of workplace harassment.
The real cost of getting it wrong
This represents a fundamental shift in employer responsibility, moving from reactive responses to proactive prevention across all areas of workplace harassment.
Protect your organisation with expert guidance
New harassment liability legislation significantly increases employer responsibility, but it also provides an opportunity to create genuinely inclusive workplaces where everyone can thrive.
Our consultancy services don’t just help you meet legal requirements – they enable you to build robust systems and cultures that prevent harassment whilst demonstrating your commitment to creating psychologically safe workplaces for all.
Contact us today to discuss how our harassment liability consultancy can protect your people and your organisation whilst positioning you as a leader in workplace inclusion.