Preventing Sexual Harassment at Work Training

From 26 October 2024, The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 comes into force. It introduces a new positive duty on all employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. If you fail to do so compensation on a successful claim against you for sexual harassment could be uplifted by to 25%

Why does your organisation need Sexual Harassment Awareness Training?

Policies alone are unlikely to cut the mustard – even if you have put them on the intranet and given your employees access to them.

Training needs to communicate your stance on harassment to your staff with examples relevant to your organisation to bring the training to ‘life’.

A tick-box training session, without tailoring specific to your organisation, may not be enough.

Call  0798 479 4162 to discuss your individual requirements or email David Greenhalgh.

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training – what it covers

What is sexual harassment?

• What protected characteristics are covered?
• What is unwanted conduct?
• How do you recognise harassment?

Understanding Employers Vicarious liability

• The responsibilities of the employer
• Harassment in ‘the workplace’ – what exactly is the ‘workplace’?
• The cost of harassment claims to your business

The New Duty explained

• What is the new positive duty to prevent sexual harassment?
• How can you comply?
• What happens if you breach your legal duty?

Practical steps to comply with your new duty

• What procedures and guidelines do employers need to have in place?
• How do you implement these guidelines?
• What are the ‘reasonable steps’ employers should take to protect employees and prevent sexual harassment at work?
• What documentation is recommended?

Learning Outcomes

Anti-Harassment training by David Greenhalgh will ensure that your managers and employees have:

• A clear understanding of what harassment is.
• A clear statement of what is expected of them in the workplace – including behaviour at work-related social events and in online communications.
• Full awareness of what is appropriate and what isn’t in ‘grey’ areas such as banter.
• Knowing what to do and the relevant procedures if
  – they experience harassment.
  – they witness harassment.
  – harassment is reported to them.
  – they are found to have committed an act of harassment.

Who should attend Harassment Training?

• Board Directors
• Senior Leadership Teams
• Senior Managers
• HR Teams
• Department Managers
• All employees

David Greenhalgh, anti-harassment trainer

David is an employment lawyer with over 30 years’ experience in acting for employers and employees. He is a gifted, engaging and innovative trainer who also acts for many employees who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, and brings a wealth of employment case law and real-world scenarios to life with his anti-harassment training.

Harassment Prevention Training Tailored to your Business.

Tailored training is more effective than generic courses. It reinforces the reality of working in your particular business to employees and connects them to your specific company culture. If your employees work in a factory, then there is no point in training them using a pile of office-based harassment scenarios. If your business is hierarchical in structure examples from a flat structure organisation will not work. Businesses are increasingly focusing on tailoring their anti-harassment training to align more closely with their specific operational contexts.

Call  0798 479 4162 to discuss your individual requirements or  email David Greenhalgh.