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Can sporadic, non-threatening, non-insulting contact with an ex-partner who is also a colleague lead to disciplinary within the workplace if nothing else has taken place in the workplace itself?

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Can sporadic, non-threatening, non-insulting contact with an ex-partner who is also a colleague lead to disciplinary within the workplace if nothing else has taken place in the workplace itself? stress at work

The short answer is possibly yes. The question was from a reader but on reading the question it is suggestive that something has taken place outside of the work place. The test for harassment is in the eye of the recipient even if you felt you had not intended the effect to be this. The […]

Third party harassment

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One controversial part of the Equality Act 2010 was s40 which covered third party harassment and the liability for employers to their staff when third parties harass them in the work place. This section will be repealed on 1st October 2013, albeit in the transitional provisions acts of harassment which occur before 1st October 2013 […]