Member

I turn to the specifics of the amendments in this group, starting with Amendments 83, 84, 85, 86 and 88, in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Young of Acton and Lord Strathcarron, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Deech and Lady Meyer. These amendments seek to create exemptions from employer liability for harassment, meaning that certain conversations would not be in the scope of Clause 20 or the workplace harassment protections more widely. They seek to add a new concept of indirect harassment, so that employers would have to protect their employees from non-sexual third-party harassment only if it is directed at the employee, which would carve out overheard conversations.