Employers should have a duty to protect women employees from clients, contractors, or patients who harass.

New research from the Fawcett Society has found that one year on from the outpouring of #MeToo stories, there has been a significant shift in attitudes to sexual harassment.

According to the research, released on 2 October and supported by the law firm Hogan Lovells, a majority of people (53 per cent) said that since #MeToo what is seen as acceptable has changed.