Online Harassment Training for Employees 

In 2012 alone, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ordered that $365,400,000 (that’s 365.4 million dollars!) be paid out for discrimination and harassment charges. No wonder companies are working to be more proactive in preventing harassment. But how do you prevent harassment from occurring? What sorts of policies should be in place? What should managers do to protect their employees? And if a complaint is filed, what will we do? All of these questions (and more!) will be answered in this online harassment training for employees.

What Will Students Learn?

• Explain what is acceptable behavior in the workplace and what is not
• Apply the benefits of harassment training
• Define the various types of harassment, including sexual harassment
• Assist in creating a harassment policy
• State some ways to prevent harassment
• Demonstrate some ways to protect yourself from harassment
• Know what to do if you are harassed or accused of harassment
• Understand the complaint process, from the complaint to the reply, to mediation or investigation, to a solution
• Identify situations where mediation is appropriate, and understand how mediation works in those situations
• Describe appropriate solutions for a harassment incident
• Know what to do if a complaint is false
• Help your workplace return to normal after a harassment incident

Preventing workplace harassment training consists of the following units;

Unit 1

An introduction to Workplace Harassment

The unit 1 covers the following topics:

• Defining Harassment
• Types of Harassment
• Defining Sexual Harassment
• The Purpose of Training
• Creating a Harassment Policy
• Addressing a Complaint
• Handling False Complaints

 Unit 2

Mediation Process

The unit 2 covers the following topics:

•  Basics of Mediation
• Choosing a Mediator
• The Mediation Process
• Investigating a Complaint
• The Investigation Plan
• The Investigation Process
• The Investigation Report
• Creating Solutions
• Skill Application

Just because workplace harassment is comparatively rare does not mean you can afford to overlook it.  Whether you currently work in management or intend to pursue a management position, you must be able to identify and deal with even the subtlest signs of harassment.  The only way to successfully deal with harassment in the workplace is to prevent it at all costs.  Managers who are able to successfully eliminate such problems from the workplace are those who become recognized for their professionalism – not to mention their potential for bigger and better things.

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

This course and/or training programme has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.

• Proactive managers looking to safeguard their employees
• Anyone with a subpar understanding of harassment in the workplace
• Supervisors, team leaders and HR workers at all levels
• Business owners and entrepreneurs with employees
• Members of the workforce in pursuit of promotion to management level
• Anyone looking to better understand workplace harassment and prevention
• Employees at all levels as part of a business-wide training strategy