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08/10/2026

The bar rises this month.

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

From 30 October 2026, that gets harder. The bar rises from 'reasonable steps' to 'ALL reasonable steps'.

Plus, employers 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 30 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 online compliance training to help organisations protect their business, their culture and their bottom line. DM me if you're interested in our Bullying, Harassment & Sexual Harassment course - PAYG £29pp/per course, or from £5.90pp/pm for annual package of all 5 essential courses.

05/10/2026

Getting 15 people in a room for a morning of compliance training sounds simple.

Until you do the maths.

That's around 60 working hours, before you've paid a trainer, covered the phones, or worked out what to do about the new starter who joins next month.

So do you actually need a training room?

Tomorrow's unBOXD looks at when face-to-face training earns its place, when online does the job better, and why the new 'all reasonable steps' harassment duty makes the answer matter more.

Subscribe so you don't miss it. Link in first comment...

02/10/2026

Is your organisation ready for 30th October?

That’s when the duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment at work becomes stronger.

From that date, employers must take ALL reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, including harassment by third parties.

A policy sitting in a folder somewhere is not enough.

Your people need to understand what sexual harassment looks like, what’s expected of them, and what they should do if something happens.

That’s where effective training comes in.

BOXD makes essential compliance training simple, relevant and accessible for UK small businesses and charities.

Here to help!

21/09/2026

You have to do the training. You might as well get something from it.

Compliance training is usually talked about from the employer's point of view.

Reduce risk.
Meet your obligations.
Tick the box.

But what about the person actually sitting there doing the training?

What's in it for you?

Tomorrow's unBOXD newsletter takes a different look at essential compliance training - from the learner's point of view.

Because knowing your rights, understanding your responsibilities and knowing what to do when something doesn't feel right, isn't just good for the business, it's useful to you, too.

We'll be looking at why training on things like Harassment, Data Protection, and Health & Safety can give you something far more useful than a certificate - confidence about what to do when it matters.

New unBOXD newsletter published tomorrow. Subscribe link in first comment.



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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.

29/08/2026

We're delighted to see this wonderful local charity, Defibrillators Save Lives, taking compliance seriously and rolling out BOXD's online essential courses for their staff and volunteers...

💙⚡ TAKING COMPLIANCE SERIOUSLY AT DEFIBRILLATORS SAVE LIVES ⚡💙

Running a charity properly isn’t just about raising money, installing defibrillators and supporting our communities.

There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes too.

As Defibrillators Save Lives continues to grow, so does our responsibility to make sure the people behind the charity have the right knowledge and training.

That’s why our team are now working through a programme of compliance training with BOXD, a local company based right here in I love Oldham! .

Our current training includes:

🔐 UK GDPR & Data Protection
💻 Cyber Security Awareness
🦺 Workplace Health & Safety
🤝 Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
🗣️ Bullying, Harassment & Sexual Harassment Awareness

And we're not stopping there.

🛡️ Adult Safeguarding and Child Safeguarding are next to be added to our training programme.

These aren't simply certificates to stick in a folder.

They're about protecting the people we work with, protecting the information entrusted to us, supporting our Trustees and volunteers, and making sure the charity continues to operate professionally and responsibly.

👏 A big shout-out to Rachel at BOXD too. 👏

They provide straightforward online compliance training for UK organisations, with courses that can be completed on virtually any device, alongside certificates and learner tracking.

So, if you're another charity, business or organisation thinking “we really should get on top of our compliance training…” take a look at BOXD.

🌐 boxd.cloud

Because doing good is important. Doing it properly matters too.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ch*****ne 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😊