Tackling Sexual Harassment Training: The Manager’s Guide
Tackling Sexual Harassment: The Manager’s Guide is designed to empower people managers with the confidence and knowledge needed to help prevent and address sexual harassment in the workplace.
This prevention of sexual harassment training course covers relevant legislation, risk factors, and the impact of workplace culture on sexual harassment, providing managers with practical advice on encouraging employees to speak up, responding effectively, and taking appropriate action.
Sexual harassment has a lasting negative impact on individuals, colleagues, and businesses. The Worker Protection Act (2023) places a duty on employers to take proactive steps to prevent sexual harassment. This course equips managers with the skills and knowledge to foster a culture where sexual harassment is not tolerated, encouraging reporting and ensuring effective responses.
What does the course cover?
- Understanding Sexual Harassment: Definition and recognition
- Current Research: Prevalence, risk factors, and impact
- Legislation: Worker Protection Act (2023), Equality Act (2010), and Protection from Harassment Act (1997)
- Workplace Culture: Impact on sexual harassment
- Encouraging Reporting: How to foster a culture of openness
- Responding to Reports: Supporting and protecting affected individuals
Who is this course for?
This course is suitable for people managers and team leaders who are the first point of contact for employee concerns.
This includes:
- Representatives from HR or Compliance teams
- Whistleblowing champions
- Directors
- Senior management and leaders
- People managers
- Incident/report managers
- Internal investigators
- Employee representatives.
How long is the training course and how is it delivered?
- Face-to-face classes at the customer’s premises (2.5 hours)
- Online course exclusively for one customer (2.5 hours)
- Online classes with a mix of attendees (2.5 hours)
The course is designed for up to 10 participants to ensure interactive activities and foster engagement, discussion, and participation.
Eve Maxwell, Head of Training at Safecall, will be delivering this course. Eve brings a wealth of experience in business psychology, Learning and Development (L&D), and education; and she is an experienced facilitator who has delivered training across various sectors, focusing on effective responses to employee concerns and feedback.
Next steps
Complete the training form using the link below or to the right and one of our staff will contact you to understand your needs, requirements and advise you on the most suitable solution for your organisation.
Alternatively, call us today on +44 (0) 191516 7720
Tags for this course:
Tackling sexual harassment; duty to prevent sexual harassment; preventing sexual harassment in the workplace; duty to prevent; new duty to prevent; prevention of sexual harassment; sexual harassment prevention training; preventative duty sexual harassment; prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace
Frequently Asked Questions
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