Key facts
- The next stage of the UK's Employment Rights Act requires businesses to grant trade unions greater access, UKPulse reported.
- Employers would become directly liable for harassment of staff by third parties such as clients or customers, the report said.
- Businesses would also have to take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, according to the report.
- Unnamed experts warned that employing staff could become more expensive and complex, the report said.
The latest stage of the UK government's workers' rights overhaul could weigh on hiring, according to experts cited in an undated report from UKPulse's local desk. The report did not date the event and named no source for the warning.
The changes described form part of the Employment Rights Act. The report said the next stage requires businesses to give trade unions greater access, makes employers directly liable for harassment of staff by third parties such as clients or customers, and obliges them to take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment.
The report said the stage begins on a Friday, which it identifies as October 30, without stating a year. It warned that taking on staff could become more expensive and more complex as a result.