Appropriate Workplace Behaviour Training

Appropriate workplace behaviour training covers the clear cases quickly. Nobody needs a module to know that abuse is unacceptable. The value is in the grey zone, and most content avoids it.

Work functions. Christmas parties, farewells and team drinks are connected to employment, including where alcohol is involved and attendance is voluntary. Staff routinely believe otherwise.

Group chats. A team messaging app is a work channel even on personal phones and outside hours. Content that would not be said in a meeting is not acceptable there either.

After-hours contact. Between colleagues who only know each other through work, this is connected to employment.

Client and supplier settings. Where standards feel looser because it is somebody else’s venue.

Naming these four specifically is what makes the training useful.

The Australian Human Rights Commission covers the employer duty. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.

See Sentrient’s appropriate behaviour at work functions course and sexual harassment course.