Creating and maintaining a workplace free from harassment is essential for protecting employee wellbeing, fostering trust, and ensuring legal compliance. This course provides a clear, practical guide to recognising, preventing, and addressing harassment before it escalates, as well as managing formal processes when required.
Using the Equality Act 2010 and best practice guidance as a framework, learners will explore how to identify different forms of harassment, understand their impact, and take proactive steps to prevent them. The course also covers how to respond effectively to complaints, conduct fair and impartial investigations, and support all parties involved.
Whether you’re a line manager, team leader, or HR professional, this training will equip you with the skills and confidence to handle sensitive situations while protecting both the organisation and its people.
This course covers:
What counts as workplace harassment under the Equality Act 2010
Impact of harassment on employees and workplace culture
Preventing harassment through policies and cultural change
Promoting respect, equality, and inclusion at work
Handling harassment complaints fairly and consistently
Conducting impartial investigations and interviews
Tackling common challenges in harassment cases
Supporting employees with fair, compliant outcomes