Respect at Work Training

Did you know?

• 1 in 3 people have experienced sexual harassment, sex-based harassment, and experienced a hostile workplace on the grounds of sex.
• Sexual harassment in the workplace can occur in every industry, across all states and territories, and for every size of business.
• Recent changes to the Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Act 2021 further demonstrate the importance of respect at work.

Why is respect at work training important?

Under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), you have a positive duty to eliminate, as far as possible, the following unlawful behaviour:

• sexual harassment in the workplace.
• sex-based harassment in the workplace.
• conduct that contributes to a hostile workplace on the grounds of sex.
• discrimination on the grounds of sex.
• related acts of victimisation on the grounds of sex.

It is everyone’s responsibility to do the right thing when it comes to sexual harassment prevention and respect in the workplace. First, meeting our respect at work education and training obligations is legally required. Second, everybody has the right to be treated fairly and respectfully.

Meeting your positive duty for respect at work training?

The Sentrient suite of legally endorsed online respectful workplace courses for Sexual Harassment Prevention for Staff and Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment for Managers enable you to deliver on your legal obligation to educate your staff and managers on sexual harassment prevention, including how to identify, report, and resolve incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace and how to contribute to a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace.

The Sentrient respect in the workplace online training is for employees, contractors, and volunteers. It can be completed as stand-alone training or as part of the full Sentrient online workplace compliance solution. The respectful workplace online training is simple to navigate, easy to understand, and has audio options to accommodate all learning styles. Learners will undertake case studies and progressive checks for understanding to reinforce the importance of respect in the workplace. At the end of each course, there is a learning check. There is also a declaration that everyone will commit to a workplace culture that treats people fairly and respectfully.

The respectful workplace online training program for staff and managers is legally compliant, updated with legislation for all states and territories in Australia, and written in collaboration with Mills Oakley Lawyers for Australia, and Simpson Grierson Lawyers for New Zealand.

Respect in the workplace training for staff

The Sentrient legally endorsed online course to prevent sexual harassment for staff can be completed in 15 minutes. It meets the Respect@Work guidelines for best practice training for employees, contractors, and volunteers.

The respect at work online course for staff includes:

• Sexual harassment and the law.
• Types of behaviour that are sexual harassment and gender-based harassment.
• Conduct that contributes to a hostile workplace on the grounds of sex.
• Impacts of sexual harassment, gender-based harassment, discrimination, and victimisation on the grounds of sex.
• How to identify, report, and resolve incidents of sexual harassment and sex-based harassment in the workplace, including actions as an active bystander.
• Responsibility to treat people fairly and with respect in the workplace.

Respect in the workplace training for managers

The Sentrient legally endorsed online course to prevent and respond to sexual harassment for managers can be completed in 15 minutes. It meets the Respect@Work guidelines for best practice training for managers to help you meet your positive duty as an employer to eliminate, as far as possible, sexual harassment, gender-based harassment, discrimination, and victimisation on the grounds of sex.

The respect at work online course for managers includes:

• What is sexual harassment, gender-based harassment and conduct that contributes to a hostile workplace on the grounds of sex.
• Positive duty to eliminate, as far as possible, sexual harassment, gender-based harassment, and to prevent discrimination, and victimisation on the grounds of sex.
• Responding to incidents of sexual harassment and sex-based harassment.
• Investigating a complaint of sexual harassment and gender-based harassment.
• Responsibility to contribute to a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace.