Course Description
This interactive instructor-led Preventing Workplace Harassment training course is designed to help acquaint yourself and others with an understanding of preventing workplace harassment at work and handling complaints when they do occur. In this course, you will learn to recognize actions that would be considered harassment under most laws, learn how to set up procedures to deal with harassment complaints, and understand how to prevent workplace harassment in your organization.
You'll learn the answers to all of your questions about dealing with harassment in the workplace. You will review real case studies, learn tips and tools for dealing with situations that may come up, and implement steps to prevent the occurrence of harassment. In summary, the Preventing Workplace Harassment training course will help you understand how to increase employee awareness about harassment in the workplace and encourage employees themselves to enforce a culture of mutual respect.
Objectives
In the Preventing Workplace Harassment Training course, you will learn how to:
• Determine what qualifies as harassment and what does not
• Implement steps to prevent the occurrence of harassment
• Administer an effective harassment prevention policy
• Conduct a thorough investigation when a claim of harassment is made
Agenda
Module One: Overview of Harassment
Learning objectives
Introduction
What is harassment?
Sexual harassment
Four elements in determining harassment
You be the judge
Module Two: How to Handle Harassment
Learning objectives
What do you do about it?
Confrontation practice
Confronting the harasser in writing
Document the situation
Dealing with retaliation
Conducting an investigation
If you’re the harasser/accused of being the harasser
What should you do?
Module Three: Preventing harassment
Learning objectives
Preventing harassment
Prevention checklist
Appendix
Sample harassment policy
Steps of an investigation
Statistics for opening activity
Action plan
Course review
Suggested resource list
Solutions for every training challenge