Let's Do It? Maybe Don't.

S Nunns v SBH Windermere Limited and A Wilson (20 June 2023) – The Employment Tribunal considered whether Victoria Wood's famous comedy song "Let's do it" sung by a Hotel Manager amounted to sexual harassment. Spoiler alert – it did.

The Employment Tribunal awarded the head chef of a hotel £79,100 following a sexual harassment claim which involved, amongst other things, the sexualised singing of the Victoria Wood song, 'Let's do it'.

Sexual harassment is defined as unwanted conduct of a sexual nature that has the purpose or effect of violating a person's dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for that person. The conduct can manifest in a myriad of ways. Here the Tribunal found that whilst ordinarily, singing a song in a work environment would not amount to unlawful harassment, this specific song was sung in a particularly sexual way, with emphasis being placed on the words "Let's do it". The way the song