S. 21 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 159(3)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/36/section/21Employment Rights Act 2025enStatute Law Database2026-04-09Expert Participation2026-04-07Part 1Employment rightsProtection from harassment and discrimination
21Harassment by third parties

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.