Indirect discrimination - is where there is a requirement that is the same for everyone but which has an unequal or disproportionate effect on different groups of people according to their sex, race etc and is unreasonable taking all the circumstances into account. For example, an employer who says that they need a person over 180 cm tall to do a job is likely to be discriminating against women and some ethnic groups. This is because women and people from some ethnic groups are less likely to be this height than men or people from other ethnic groups. For example it is not against the law to employ a male actor for a male part in a play or a woman to clean female toilets while women are likely to be using them or a person of a particular ethnic group to provide welfare services for that ethnic group. It is also against the law for a person to be harassed because of their relationship to or association with a person of a particular sex, race, marital status etc.
Sexual harassment is also against the law.
Usually harassment is ongoing or a series of events. However, legally just one act can constitute harassment. Harassment can take many forms. A relationship or behaviour that is freely accepted by everyone involved is not harassment. If people are in doubt about whether a particular behaviour is acceptable, they should ask the person whether it is.