Location:Online event
Start date:05/11/2026
End date:05/11/2026
Event Organiser:BFI (Business Forums International)
Online conference.
The Employment Rights Act raises the bar from “reasonable steps” to “all reasonable steps”, brings sexual harassment reports under whistleblowing protection, and makes employers directly liable for harassment by clients, customers and contractors, not just staff. Uncapped compensation, a 25pc uplift, and sharper enforcement mean the cost of a paper policy that isn’t lived is now much higher.
This conference is built around what changes in practice, not just in law. Included – Grey Areas of Remote Work: governing conduct on Teams and Slack, off-site events, and client entertainment where the old rules don’t clearly apply. And four scenarios:
Scenario A: The Quiet Department
A regional team has unusually high turnover among younger women and almost no formal complaints. Nothing has been reported. Is there a problem, and how would you find out?
Scenario B: The Valued Client
A long-standing client makes repeated inappropriate comments to a junior account handler during entertaining. The account is commercially significant. What does the new liability mean here, and what do you do?
Scenario C: The Teams Channel
Borderline banter has been running on an informal Teams channel for months. No one has complained, but several people have quietly muted it. Where does this sit legally, and what should have happened sooner?
Scenario D: The Manager Who Handled It Quietly
A line manager deals with a disclosure informally and never escalates it. They believe they’ve resolved it. What’s the actual risk exposure, and what should the organisation have in place to prevent this?
