Under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), supervisors, managers, and directors act on behalf or you as an employer and have a positive duty to eliminate, as far as possible, the following unlawful behaviour:
Supervisors, managers and directors have even more responsibility to do the right thing when it comes to preventing and responding to incidents of sexual harassment at work. First, best practise respect at work education and training obligations recommend that supervisors, managers and directors undergo additional training on sexual harassment to include responding to and preventing incidents of sexual harassment and gender-based harassment in the workplace. Second, your supervisors, managers and directors set the tone for everyone to be treated fairly and respectfully.
The Sentrient legally endorsed online 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 supervisors, managers, and directors on how to prevent and respond to incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace. In the all staff training the emphasis is on how to identify, report, and resolve incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace. Your supervisors, managers and directors undertake this manager course in addition to the staff course to further equip them on how to handle real or perceived incidents of sexual harassment or gender-based harassment in the workplace, and their positive duty to contribute to a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace.
The sexual harassment managers course can be completed as stand-alone training or as part of the full Sentrient online workplace compliance solution. It runs for 15-minute as online training and 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 preventing and responding to incidents of sexual harassment and sex-based harassment in the workplace. At the end of the course there is a learning check and a final declaration that your supervisors, managers and directors will commit to a workplace culture that treats people fairly and respectfully.
The preventing and responding to sexual harassment course workplace online training program 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.
The legally endorsed online sexual harassment course for managers meets the Respect@Work guidelines for best practice education and training for your supervisors, managers, and directors.
The sexual harassment online course for managers includes:
The legislative changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) and the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) from the amendments arising from Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Act 2021 (Respect at Work) are covered by the content of the Sentrient sexual harassment prevention for staff and the Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment for Managers online training courses.
This sexual harassment for managers training course will take 15-minutes to complete.
This online sexual harassment training course for managers is simple to navigate, easy to understand and has audio options to accommodate all learning styles. Learners will undertake case studies and learning activities to reinforce the importance of preventing and responding to sexual harassment and gender-based harassment from taking place in the workplace. At the end of the course, there is a learning check and a final a declaration that everyone will commit to a respectful workplace culture that treats people fairly and with respect.
Sexual harassment is harmful and damaging. It affects those who experience it, including victims, bystanders, employers and the community. That is why additional training for your managers on sexual harassment in the workplace is a fundamental part of your workplace relations and safety program, and will allow your supervisors, managers and directors to:
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. That is why training for supervisors, managers and directors on preventing and responding to sexual harassment is of upmost importance, and will deliver the following benefits to your business:
Register now for an upcoming free preventing and responding to sexual harassment for managers webinar to uncover the secrets of best-practice sexual harassment prevention training for managers in your business. In this webinar, we will demonstrate how to take reasonable steps as an employer (and a supervisor, manager and director) to fulfill your positive duty to eliminate, as far as possible, sexual harassment, gender-based harassment, conduct that contributes to a hostile workplace on the grounds of sex, discrimination, and victimisation on the grounds of sex.
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