4.1. Disclosure of sexual harassment is already covered by the existing protection of disclosures showing breach of a legal obligation under whistleblowing legislation, and disclosures of this nature arguably already amount to a protected act under S.27 of the Equality Act 2010. However, the Employment Rights Act will amend s.43B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to add sexual harassment as a separate category for the purposes of whistleblowing from the 6th April 2026.
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