Sexual Harassment : Leadership Development Training

Sexual Harassment

Overview:

More than half of all workers have experienced sexual harassment on the job. The resulting cost to companies can be thousands or even millions-of dollars. This program provides practical guidelines to help organizations understand what sexual harassment is, how to handle it when it occurs, and how to avoid it in the first place.

Audience:

Managers or HR Professionals

Prerequisites

None.

Course duration:

Half day

Course outline:

1. What is sexual harassment?

A legal definition
Categories of sexual harassment
You be the judge

2. What do you do about it?

How to confront the harasser
Handling negative reactions from the harasser
Confrontation practice
Confronting the harasser in writing
Document the situation
Dealing with retaliation
Proving Retaliation

3. Conducting an investigation

The investigator�s role
The investigator�s responsibilities
If you witness harassment
If you hear about it
Steps of an investigation
Fact gathering
Written report
Resolution

4. If you�re the harasser/accused of being a harasser

A note on legal remedies

5. Preventing sexual harassment

Common sense
Written policy
Training
Prevention checklist