Sexual Harassment: Employment: Written question - 254853

In response to a written question asking, with reference to the Government response to the Seventh Report of the Women and Equalities Committee, Sexual harassment in the workplace (HC Paper No.1801), when the public consultation will be launched, the Women and Equalities Unit stated that a consultation will be launched shortly covering: the evidence for introducing a new duty on employers to prevent harassment; extending the protections of the Equality Act 2010 to volunteers and interns; strengthening and clarifying the laws in relation to third party harassment; and the evidence for changing employment tribunal time limits for Equality Act cases.