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Harpenden
Full day
All levels
No workplace investigation is easy, but those involving allegations of sexual harassment have the potential to be particularly difficult.
This one-day workshop is designed specifically to build on participants' existing investigative knowledge and skills in order to enable them to investigate allegations of sexual harassment appropriately.
The skills and processes learnt will ensure that participants are able to carry out robust investigations in line with both best practice and the law. Your organisation's policies and procedures will be referred to throughout the workshop as appropriate.
HAVE A MUCH CLEARER IDEA AS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES SEXUAL HARASSMENT
APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT MAY COMPLICATE THE SITUATION
UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL PROTECTION SPECIFIC TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT
RECOGNISE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INVESTIGATIONS INTO SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND OTHER WORKPLACE INVESTIGATIONS
DEAL BETTER WITH CHALLENGING SITUATIONS, EMOTION AND DISTRESS
KNOW HOW TO ACCESS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES
BE ABLE TO MAKE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS
Workshop objectives and benefits from attending
Participants' experience and confidence in this area
Introductions and personal objectives
Sexual harassment in the spotlight
Implications and risk for workplaces - the need to manage complaints robustly and take a preventative approach
Quiz / scenarios
Differences in individual perception
Confusion in workplaces as to what constitutes sexual harassment
Factors which may affect an investigation
Group exercise
Definitions in law
Behaviours that constitute sexual harassment and bullying
Using your organisation's policies
Protection in law: employment and criminal matters
Duty of care
Equality Act 2010
Other statutes, eg, Protection from Harassment Act
Case law
Similarities and differences in approach to other workplace investigations
Impact and evidence
Investigating in line with internal policies and ACAS guidelines
Dealing with challenging situations, eg, emotion and distress
Managing yourself
Identifying support and resources
Communicating the outcome of the investigation and lessons learnt / corrective actions
Identifying and minimising risk factors
Encouraging a preventative approach: Making recommendations in line with best practice
A checklist of steps that all workplaces should implement
Group work to consider approach in particularly challenging or sensitive 'what if ...' scenarios such as what happens when counter-allegations are made
Open forum - remaining challenges and 'what if' scenarios
Action planning - identifying how participants will transfer this learning into the workplace and what else they may need which will help them to do this effectively
Review and close
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