Write to your MP to ask them to support Wera Hobhouse's Bill to end sexual harassment at work

We need your help to win protections for women 

“My immediate superior ...who I reported it to laughed & told me to get used to it, it was all only “a bit of fun” and that I should “take it as a compliment”. When I insisted that it was not complimentary and not fun he got angry and said no one had ever minded before.” Woman in the public service who shared her reflection with us for our report ‘Tackling Sexual Harassment in the Workplace’.

This woman’s story is familiar to us all! At least 40% of women experience sexual harassment throughout their career, and the current approach just doesn’t work. Women who get harassed by patients, customers or clients currently have no legal protection in the workplace. For all workplace harassment, too much responsibility lies with women to make a complaint and take a legal case forward rather than on employers to stop it from happening in the first place. That’s why we’re campaigning to change the law.

And after years of campaigning – we are incredibly close to winning vital protections for women with a Bill being discussed in Parliament on 21 October 2022.

We need your help to make sure this happens.

By asking your MP to support Wera Hobhouse’s Bill, which will shortly be before Parliament, you can ensure that action is taken to secure important reforms which will:

• require employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment; and
• give everyone greater protections by making employers liable for harassment from third parties.

Writing to your MP only takes 30 seconds. Fill in your name and postcode and we will produce a letter which explains exactly why your MP needs to lend their support.

Please write to your MP now and show your support.