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In the House of Lords earlier this week, I tabled various amendments to Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill – or, as I prefer to call it, the ‘banter ban’.
Clause 20 will amend Section 26 of the Equality Act to make employers liable for the “harassment” of their employees by third parties, i.e., members of the public. If it goes through unamended, employers will have to take “all reasonable steps” to protect their employees from being “harassed” by their customers and if they fail to do so they could be sued in the Employment Tribunal.
Toby Young, Conservative Home, 26th May 2025.
