Workplace Harassment

Overview:

In 2009 alone, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ordered that $294,200,000 (that’s 294.2 million dollars!) be paid out for discrimination and harassment charges. No wonder companies are working to be more proactive in preventing harassment.

But how do you prevent harassment from occurring? What sorts of policies should be in place? What should managers do to protect their employees? And if a complaint is filed, what will we do? All of these questions (and more!) will be answered in this two-day workshop.

What Will Students Learn?:

Understand what behavior is and is not appropriate in the workplace, and why
Help your company create and implement a harassment policy
Protect yourself and your staff against harassment incidents and complaints
Understand when mediation is and is not appropriate
Understand the four-stage complaint resolution process
Help identify solutions to a harassment complaint

What Topics are Covered?:

Reasonable man/woman guidelines
Benefits of harassment training
Types of harassment
Preventing harassment
Protecting yourself from harassment
Confronting a harasser
The effective NO
The four-stage complaint process
Mediation
False complaints
Keeping the workplace running

What’s Included?: Instruction by an expert facilitator, small interactive classes, manual & course materials and certificate