Harassment & Sexual Harassment Prevention Kit: Essentials

Be ready for 30 October 2026.

From 30 October 2026, every employer in England, Scotland and Wales must take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, and can be held liable when staff are harassed by customers, clients, contractors or the public. A policy in a drawer is no longer enough. You need to show what you did.

The Essentials kit gives you the core steps and the evidence to prove them, even if you are starting from nothing.

What's included (18 files, all fully editable):

• Compliance Audit (Excel): 80 plain-English questions that score you automatically, list your gaps in priority order and build your action plan
• Audit Guide with a worked example
• Anti-Harassment and Sexual Harassment Policy: 14 sections, covering third parties, online conduct and work events
• Risk Assessment and Evidence Workbook (Excel): risk assessment, action plan, training log, incident log and a "reasonable steps" tracker
• Risk Assessment Guide with two worked examples
• Third-Party Pack: customer notices, contract clauses, and letters to clients and contractors, including warning, final warning and withdrawal-of-service letters
• 20-minute Staff Briefing Script and attendance sheet
• Manager Response Checklist: what to do when someone reports harassment
• Report form, policy acknowledgement form, ready-to-send staff emails
• Poster set: zero tolerance, how to report, and wallet cards, all with space for your logo
• One-hour quick start, 30-day plan and a one-page evidence summary

Who it's for: owners, managers and anyone who has been handed HR alongside their main job. No HR training needed.

Format: Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. Add your logo and use them straight away. Instant download.

Want more? The Professional kit adds step-by-step processes, a full investigation pack and case examples. Add training: we can deliver it for you from £495 a session, or buy a ready-to-run training pack (£2,000) and run it yourself. See arbiterhr.co.uk/toolkits.html#training

Guidance and templates, not legal advice. For employers in England, Scotland and Wales (not Northern Ireland). Updated for the law as at October 2026. Digital download: not refundable once downloaded; your statutory rights are not affected.