on March 14, 2008 the British government passed a new anti-regulation, sexual harassment will come into force on April 6, 2008. No I do not have a typo, that is a whole 3 weeks from introduction to implementation.

The new rules mean that every member of staff must be protected from sexual harassment by any of the conduct of their work tasks. These include members of the public, vendors, people they meet at seminars, etc.

They managed to adapt to the new regulation on a statutory instrument, which means that there is no obligation for the debate in Parliament. I wonder where the democratic process has disappeared. Of course, I believe people should be free from sexual harassment in every walk of life, but surely we deserve notification and time to develop and implement a plan of action seems only reasonable.

The price you pay as an employer, could have for not complying with the protection against sexual harassment is unlimited, there is no limit on the amount that you can reason.

I came into this snippet of information today when I was asked to write a letter to my MP demanding this Regulation should be deferred until the employer can about the changes and decided to search around to see what I could find.

To give you an idea of how far under the radar has flown as I type, there is nothing on the Business Link website and a Google search brings only 3 sites with information (all of Human Resources Web sites and not with the government).

The British HRZone website has quoted a spokesman for Harriet Harman, stated that the time frame was "perfectly normal", "" there is more than meets all requirements and was not shortened. "

I wonder where the duty to inform the employer of changes in the rules has?

All employers have to deal with this new regulation and should of course write to their MPs their opinion and the requirement that the adoption be postponed until October 2008.