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For the second in our series on sexual harassment in the workplace, we look at how the law as it currently stands protects individuals from sexual harassment by third parties such as visitors and customers. Before the relevant provisions were repealed in 2013, the Equality Act 2010 rendered employers liable for harassment of employees by third parties in certain circumstances. If an employer knew that their employee had previously been harassed on at least two occasions in the course of their employment by a third party but failed to take reasonable steps to prevent this, they would be liable for the harassment. There may be circumstances where, despite the repeal of third party harassment provisions, an employer is nevertheless held liable. However, the victim would have to argue that the employer’s lack of action in response to third party harassment was in itself discriminatory, for example, an employer ignoring the sexual harassment of an employee by a third party for reasons...