We offer a range of bespoke in-house face-to-face training designed to equip you and your business with the necessary skills and knowledge to help you become compliant with employment legislation, deal with employees fairly, and ensure better employee performance.
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Course Overview
TOPIC: SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Know what sexual harassment is under the Equality Act 2010
- Recognise unacceptable behaviour in the workplace
- Understand what steps you can take to minimise and manage risk
- Have the confidence to manage complaints of sexual harassment
- Legal definition of sexual harassment
- Case law on conduct and behaviour amounting to sexual harassment
- Vicarious liability and potential defences
- Steps to minimise risk – Policies, training and risk assessments
- How to deal with complaints of sexual harassment
- Case study
This course is suitable for anyone with responsibility for managing employees in the workplace. We can also tailor the training for employees generally which will tie in with manager’s training and your responsibilities as an employer. This would be a separate session.
To understand what your responsibilities are as an employer to prevent sexual harassment arising in your workplace and in turn preserving a place of work where all feel respected. To be able to recognise unacceptable behaviour in the workplace and to be able manage any incidences in a fair and consistent way.
Delegates will gain an understanding of what measures to have in place to prevent sexual harassment arising in the workplace. They will be able to recognise what is unacceptable behaviour and will gain confidence to take appropriate action to handle complaints and appropriately address them taking into account legal guidance and best practice procedures.
We offer both half day (up to 3 hours) and full day (up to 6 hours) training sessions. We can deliver training sessions at your premises, an off-site location or at NFU Headquarters in Warwickshire (CV8 2TZ). We can also deliver remote training sessions. Courses can be arranged in small groups or on a one-to-one basis.
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