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BOXD CPD accredited compliance training for small and growing UK businesses with tracked completion and learner certificates.

Affordable digital courses your team can complete quickly on any device, anywhere, anytime. - and gain CPD points.

The bar rises in October.Since October 2024, employers have had a legal duty to take 'reasonable steps' to prevent sexua...
24/08/2026

The bar rises in October.

Since October 2024, employers have had a legal duty to take 'reasonable steps' to prevent sexual harassment at work.

From October 2026, that gets harder. The bar rises from 'reasonable steps' to 'ALL reasonable steps'.

Plus, employers also become directly liable for harassment by third parties, including -
- customers
- clients
- contractors
Anyone your team deals with on the job.

Get it wrong and a tribunal can add up to 25% on top of any compensation awarded.

The guidance is blunt about what won't count - training delivered before the act came in, a policy in a drawer that never sees light of day, a training session managers attended in 2023 - none of these are 'reasonable steps'.

What tribunals actually look for -
- is the training current?
- is it being completed - and where's the proof?
- is anyone checking it's working?

The clock on 'ALL reasonable steps' starts October 2026. Worth checking where your business stands before then.
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Source: Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 / Employment Rights Act 2025 Changes.



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I'm Rachel, the founder of BOXD - CPD accredited compliance training to help UK small businesses protect their business, their culture and their bottom line. DM me if you'd like to know more.

What a lovely start to the day!Fresh coffee at Veloce and a meeting with Daniel Hill of Greendoor Lettings.We could have...
19/08/2026

What a lovely start to the day!

Fresh coffee at Veloce and a meeting with Daniel Hill of Greendoor Lettings.

We could have met online but it was so much nicer to meet in person. It's too easy to become a 'hermit' when you work for yourself, so I always take the opportunity whenever I can to meet in person.

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I'm Rachel, the founder of BOXD - CPD accredited compliance training to help UK small businesses build and protect their business, their culture and their bottom line. Lover of great coffee and company.

A £50,000 lesson in the difference between having a policy, and using one.A young employee was sexually harassed by a co...
19/08/2026

A £50,000 lesson in the difference between having a policy, and using one.

A young employee was sexually harassed by a colleague, so she raised a grievance.

When it went to tribunal, the business tried to use the 'reasonable steps' defence - saying, we did what we could to stop this happening.

But it didn't hold up, and the tribunal found the store's own managers weren't aware of the company's anti-harassment policy. No risk assessment had been done, and there was no evidence of staff training on equality or harassment. The business had simply waited for a complaint before acting.

The employee was awarded over £50,000. The business was then required to sign a legally binding agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, committing to staff surveys, complaint monitoring, and a full harassment risk assessment.

It's worth noticing what's NOT on that list - a policy. Because they had one.

The failure was that nobody had been trained on it, so nobody knew how to follow it. A policy nobody's been trained on isn't protection, it's simply paperwork.

if your team couldn't tell you what your harassment policy says, that's the gap to close first.
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Source - EHRC, "Lidl signs legal agreement with equality regulator to prevent sexual harassment," August 2025



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I'm Rachel, the founder of BOXD - CPD accredited compliance training to help UK small businesses build and protect their business, their culture and their bottom line. DM me if you'd like to learn more.

Not quite the sunny, blue skies we've enjoyed of late...but moody, misty mornings are just as beautiful, and still set m...
18/08/2026

Not quite the sunny, blue skies we've enjoyed of late...

but moody, misty mornings are just as beautiful, and still set me up for the day :)

Grateful to have all this on my doorstep.

What a great weekend I've had...Starting with Emma England's wonderful Wellness in the Woodland on Friday, then onto Der...
13/07/2026

What a great weekend I've had...

Starting with Emma England's wonderful Wellness in the Woodland on Friday, then onto Derbyshire to enjoy chilled champagne and 'Classic Ibiza' anthems at Chatsworth on Saturday...in the sun!!! It was just perfect!

That's it - no link to business - just enjoying some downtime, and special memories made with special friends😊

Three little letters just got added to every BOXD course.C. P. D.All five courses.Independently assessed.Listed on the p...
09/07/2026

Three little letters just got added to every BOXD course.

C. P. D.

All five courses.
Independently assessed.
Listed on the public register.

Compliance training that's plain English - and properly accredited. Turns out you can have both.

(Really chuffed, can you tell?)

Link to courses overview in first comment :)

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I'm Rachel, the founder of BOXD - CPD accredited compliance training to help UK small businesses mitigate risk and create a better work culture. DM me to learn more.

A few days ago I shared our CPD approved-provider badge. Well, that was just the warm-up - this is the main event!It's o...
06/07/2026

A few days ago I shared our CPD approved-provider badge. Well, that was just the warm-up - this is the main event!

It's official - BOXD courses are now CPD accredited 🎉🎉🎉

All FIVE essential courses:
- Workplace Health & Safety
- UK GDPR & Data Protection
- Bullying, Harassment & Sexual Harassment
- Cyber Security Awareness
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Each one has been awarded 1 CPD credit - all are written in plain English, built for real people who don't have time to waste on superfluous content.

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I'm Rachel, the founder of BOXD - CPD accredited compliance training to help UK small businesses mitigate risk. DM me to learn more.

Did you know?BOXD is now an CPD Approved Provider.That means The CPD Group has assessed BOXD as a business and confirmed...
02/07/2026

Did you know?

BOXD is now an CPD Approved Provider.

That means The CPD Group has assessed BOXD as a business and confirmed we're set up to deliver quality, credible learning - the foundation for everything we build.

It's the first step. The bigger news lands very soon. Watch this space.

Verify us anytime on the CPD Register - provider #790303

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I'm Rachel, the founder of BOXD - essential online compliance training for UK small and scaling businesses. CPD accredited courses

Your most trusted manager might be your biggest liability.Not because of anything deliberate. Because of everything they...
29/06/2026

Your most trusted manager might be your biggest liability.

Not because of anything deliberate. Because of everything they've been allowed to get away with.

When someone consistently delivers results, the rules have a way of applying a little less firmly to them. Informality creeps in. Process gets skipped. And nobody says anything - because the numbers are good.

Until something goes wrong.

I've written about why this happens and what to do about it. Publishing tomorrow - link to subscribe in first comment.

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I'm Rachel, the founder of BOXD - essential online compliance training for UK small and scaling businesses. CPD accredited courses

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