# Employment Rights Act 2025, Section 21: Harassment by third parties

Extent: E+W+S

In section 40 of the Equality Act 2010 (employees and applicants: harassment), after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) An employer (A) must not permit a third party to harass a person (B) who is an employee of A.
(1B) For the purposes of subsection (1A), A permits a third party to harass B only if—
(a) the third party harasses B in the course of B’s employment by A, and
(b) A failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent the third party from doing so.
(1C) In this section “third party” means a person other than—
(a) A, or
(b) an employee of A.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/36/section/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025/section-21
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