Sexual Harassment Course

Most organisations run one sexual harassment course for the whole workforce. It is efficient, and it under-serves two groups badly.

All staff need the definition, the reporting routes, the protection against victimisation, and what to do as a bystander. A well-built core module covers this.

Managers and supervisors need something the core module cannot carry. How to receive a disclosure. What they must escalate rather than handle. What not to promise. And their own exposure, since a manager who mishandles a report creates a second problem.

Higher-risk roles need context. Lone workers, night shift, client-facing care and hospitality staff face different exposure and need scenarios drawn from it.

Three tiers rather than one, with the core module shared across all of them and only the additional layers built separately. That keeps the cost close to a single-course approach. The Australian Human Rights Commission sets out the seven standards. This is general information rather than legal advice.

See Sentrient’s sexual harassment course and course for managers.