Third-Party Harassment in Health & Social Care: Ensuring employment and Regulatory Compliance
Join our Health & Social Care team for their upcoming webinar on the new legal obligations relating to third-party harassment.
The Employment Rights Bill represents the most significant overhaul of employment law in over 50 years and will substantially rebalance the employment relationship, with important implications for compliance with CQC requirements.
This webinar will focus on the new third-party harassment liability provisions coming into force in October 2026 and will cover:
What is the new duty to prevent third-party harassment?
Which protected characteristics are covered by the new duty?
How can organisations defend a third-party harassment claim?
What are the risks for your organisation?
How can you manage conflicts between employment and regulatory obligations when staff are harassed by someone you support?
Date: Wednesday 30 September
Time: 10am – 11am
Platform: Zoom
Who should attend?: HR professionals, directors, business owners, executives, managers, team leaders, and anyone responsible for HR and people management within organisations delivering adult social care services
Speakers
Rebecca McCollum | Senior Associate
Rebecca has gained a wealth of experience advising clients across a range of business sectors on all aspects of employment law and HR matters. Rebecca frequently advises on complex disciplinary and grievance matters, managing performance issues, sickness absence, discrimination, whistleblowing, business restructures and negotiating exit packages for employees and directors. She also manages employment disputes in the Employment Tribunal.
Keara Bowgen-Nicholas | Senior Associate
Keara has developed wide-ranging expertise in the Healthcare sector including providing advice and advocacy in inquests, dealing with investigations by the GMC, GDC, HCPC, NHS Wales and NHS England – including appearing before the Interim Orders Tribunals and Interim Orders Committees – and advising in disciplinary investigations under UPSW in Wales and MHPS in England. More recently, she has worked with health and social care providers to manage CQC and Ofsted inspections and compliance action and to resolve fees and funding issues.
Chris Amys | Associate
Chris advises clients on all areas of employment law. His detailed knowledge and understanding of contentious areas of employment law extends from dismissals to discrimination and contractual claims. Additionally, his expertise extends to include non-contentious work, including contracts, policies and other internal HR affairs. His reputation with clients has been built on combining his professionalism with his friendly, supportive and pragmatic approach.
If you have any questions about this event, please email our events team at events@rwkgoodman.com, or get in touch with your usual contact.