Your responsibility for others
As an employer or in another work situation, it is not just how you personally behave that matters.
If another person who is:
- employed by you, or
- carrying out your instructions to do something (who the law calls your agent)
does something that is unlawful discrimination, harassment or victimisation, you can be held legally responsible for what they have done.
Pages in this section include:
How you can reduce the risk that you will be held legally responsible
How you can make sure your employees and agents know how equality law applies to what they are doing
When workers employed by you or your agents may be personally liable
What happens if a person instructs someone else to do something that is against equality law
What happens if a person helps someone else to do something that is against equality law
What happens if you try to stop equality law applying to a situation
Live drama - filmed case studies to demonstrate what forms discimination at work can take
For more information
Protected characteristic's definitions
Your responsibilities for staff behaviour
Last Updated: 08 Jan 2015