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.”