Employers now have to take reasonable steps to prevent harassment, not just deal with it afterwards. This form works through the situations where harassment risk is higher and checks the controls are in place, so the duty to prevent it can be shown.

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Further Reading

Further guidance on harassment and workplace behaviour:

• Bullying and Harassment at Work
• Violence and Aggression at Work
• Risk Assessment

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Harassment Risk Assessment Form Template

A harassment risk assessment that works through the factors that raise the risk of harassment - public-facing work, lone working, alcohol on or near the premises, and the potential for sexual harassment - and checks the policies, reporting routes and support that should be in place, with risk ratings and actions.

The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 places a duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their workers. This form gives you a structured way to assess that risk and evidence the steps taken, and supports the hazard identification requirements of ISO 45001.

Built for the Preventative Duty and ISO 45001

The assessment supports the risk assessment requirements of ISO 45001 (clause 6.1.2):

• The situational factors that raise harassment risk, each marked applicable or not
• A risk rating and the controls already in place recorded against each factor
• Checks on harassment policies, reporting processes and available support
• A record of concerns identified and further action required

What's Included in this Harassment Risk Form

The form is a structured assessment with clear action prompts:

• Header - completed by, date and the areas or activities covered
• Factors for consideration - each factor with applicable Y / N, risk rating, controls in place and notes / actions required, covering public-facing work, communications, lone working, alcohol, policies, reporting and support
• Concerns and actions - concerns identified and further action required

Who Needs a Harassment Risk Form?

Any employer meeting the preventative duty on sexual harassment, and any organisation wanting to show it has assessed and controlled harassment risk - especially those with public-facing, lone or licensed-premises work. It supports any business working towards or maintaining ISO 45001 certification.

Pairs with the Stress Audit

Assess wider psychosocial pressures alongside this with the F-HS7 Stress Audit.