Sentrient is proud to release the new Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment for Supervisors and Managers online course, the latest in a series of online compliance courses designed to help supervisors and managers take proactive steps to mitigate against breaches of safety, invasions of privacy, and incidents of bullying, discrimination, and sexual harassment.
Why is the Preventing and Responding to sexual harassment for Supervisors and Managers course important?
Supervisors and managers must act on behalf of their employer to prevent and respond to sexual harassment or suspected sexual harassment in the workplace. This requires them to take proactive steps to mitigate against sexual harassment and victimisation.
What responsibilities do supervisors and managers have when eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace?
Education
Supervisors and managers are responsible for understanding the law relating to sexual harassment, recognising the drivers and impacts of sexual harassment, and helping others understand how to identify and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace.
Prevention
Supervisors and managers are responsible for contributing to the development, implementation and continuous improvement of your employer’s sexual harassment policy, procedures, and/or prevention plan.
Set and maintain standards
Supervisors and managers are responsible for setting and maintaining standards for a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace.
Risk management
Supervisors and managers have a responsibility to contribute to a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace culture by considering the factors that may give rise to risks of sexual harassment and implementing measures to mitigate those risks.
Reporting and responding
Supervisors and managers have a responsibility to address incidents of sexual harassment consistently and confidentially, to hold wrongdoers accountable for their conduct, to support the victim-survivor, and to demonstrate to bystanders that your employer has a zero tolerance for behaviour that is sexual harassment or victimisation.
Monitoring and evaluation
Supervisors and managers have a responsibility to participate in monitoring and evaluating their employer’s prevention plan for eliminating sexual harassment and victimisation in the workplace.
What does the Preventing and Responding to sexual harassment for Supervisors and Managers online course cover?
This online course on preventing and responding to sexual harassment for supervisors and managers will help you circumvent instances of sexual harassment and include guidelines for responding to concerns of sexual harassment or suspected sexual harassment in the workplace.
What topics are covered in the Preventing and Responding to sexual harassment for Supervisors and Managers online course?
The Preventing and Responding to sexual harassment for Supervisors and Managers course will help your supervisors and managers circumvent instances of sexual harassment and include guidelines for responding to concerns of sexual harassment or suspected sexual harassment in the workplace.
The topics covered in Preventing and Responding to sexual harassment for Supervisors and Managers course are:
- What is sexual harassment
- Duty to eliminate sexual harassment
- Responding to incidents of sexual harassment
- Investigating a complaint of sexual harassment
- Contributing to a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace
Why would you deliver prevention and response to sexual harassment training for supervisors and managers at your workplace?
Employers will be vicariously liable for sexual harassment carried out by their workers or agents unless they can show that they have taken reasonable precautions to prevent the conduct from occurring and have responded appropriately to resolve incidents of sexual harassment.
Once your supervisors and managers have completed this online Preventing and Responding to sexual harassment for Supervisors and Managers course, your organisation will be able to:
- Reduce incidents of sexual harassment, victimisation, and misconduct in your workplace.
- Mitigate the risk of claims for vicarious liability associated with unlawful workplace behaviour by workers or agents.
- Protect your reputation from the damage caused by incidents of sexual harassment, victimisation, and misconduct in the workplace.
- Present a vision for all workers to do the right thing.
- Ensure a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace culture.
- Gain a competitive advantage by becoming an employer of choice.
Would you like to learn more?
To learn more about the responsibilities of supervisors and managers regarding the prevention and response to sexual harassment in the workplace, please refer to the Sentrient Preventing and Responding to sexual harassment for Supervisors and Managers online course on our website.
Other online compliance courses for supervisors and managers
The Preventing and Responding to sexual harassment for Supervisors and Managers training is one of six online compliance courses that deal with supervisors’ and managers’ duty to represent their employer and contribute to a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace culture.
- Preventing and responding to sexual harassment for supervisors and managers
- Preventing and responding to workplace bullying for supervisors and managers
- Creating a safe and mentally healthy workplace for supervisors and managers
- Enabling diversity and workplace flexibility for supervisors and managers
- Managing performance and misconduct for supervisors and managers
- Resolving conflict and grievances for supervisors and managers
To get a free demonstration of the prevention of and response to sexual harassment for supervisors and managers online course, please contact us today!
