Protection from harassment

These days you can not switch on the TV or radio or read the press without hearing about Harassment in the workplace.

Come to this lecture if you want to understand the law & why the Court’s have been deciding cases in favour of the employee or Employer in the County or High Courts.
Guidance will be given on what to do & what not to do together with an easy to use Protection from Harassment Act decided case list.

Learning Objectives
By the end of the session, delegates wll be able to:
- Understand the civil law options- It is not just a matter for Employment Tribunals.
- Learn from the decided cases why liability is found in some cases but not others.
- What steps can you realistically take to avoid such claims.

Speaker biography
Roddy is a Partner at Weightmans LLP Manchester Office. He has specialised in stress claims since the landmark case of Walker v Northumberland County Council was decided in 1994.

Since then he has dealt with over 1000 occupational stress claims including overwork, bullying, harassment and discrimination claims. He is instructed by a number of large insurers and by organisations directly. As stress claims occur over a long period of time, these instructions are often at an early stage pre-litigation and on occasions even before a claim has been presented.